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BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER
OF
CHRIST'S COLLEGE
1505-1905
AND OF THE EARLIER FOUNDATION, GOD'S HOUSE
1448-1505
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BIOGRAPHICAL EEGISTEK
OF
CHRIST'S COLLEGE
1505-1905
AND OF THE EARLIER FOUNDATION, GOD'S HOUSE
1448-1505
COMPILED BY
JOHN PEILE, LiTT.D., F.B.A., Hon. Litt.D. Dublin
MASTER OF THE COLLEGE
VOL. XL 1666—1905
CAMBRIDGE
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1913
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PREFACE
I HE College feel that an apology ia due to the subscribers to the
Biographical Register for the delay in the issue of the second volume.
This delay is mainly due to the extension of the work beyond the limits
originally proposed. Dr Peile had intended to bring the Register to a close
at about the year 1870, but in view of the publication of the Annual List of
^ living Members of the College, past and present, with their addresses, which
<^\ appeared for the first time at the Quatercentenary Celebration in 1905, it
^ was thought advisable to continue the work down to that year : so that the
j Biographical Register and the Annual Lists together might constitute a
complete roll of all the known Members of the College from the foundation
of " God's House " to the present day. Opportunity has been taken to
correct certain inaccuracies which had occurred in Dr Peile's manuscript
of the first volume, and an index has been prepared by Mr J. A. Venn to
the entire work, which contains some ten thousand five hundred entries.
That the completion of the work was at all possible is due in the first
place to Mr J. A. Venn, of Trinity College, who, at the request of the College,
kindly undertook to complete the second volume and see it through the
press : and secondly to the wide knowledge which Mr Tithecott, our college
butler, possesses of the careers of old Members of the College. Mr J. A. Venn
has most whole-heartedly devoted himself to this work for the last two
years, and the authorities of the College feel they owe him deep thanks.
Mr Tithecott's zeal for noticing and recording any news connected with the
College has been of the greatest use to Mr Venn. But there have been other
helpers. Dr Venn, whose Biographical Register of Gonville and Gains College
was the model upon which Dr Peile based his work, has placed his great
vi PREFACE
experience at the disposal of his son. Mr G. B. Routledge, the Rev. Canon
Foster, F.S.A., and the Rev. J. E. Auden, M.A., have kindly supplied many
facts not previously known. We also owe our thanks to Mrs Baines for
communicating a pedigree of the Baines family, whose close connexion with
the College dates from 1571 to the present day. Finally, we thank many
Members of the College for their kindness in furnishing information about
their own careers or those of their friends.
A. E. SHIPLEY.
Christ's College Lodge.
1 December, 1912.
BIOGRAPHICAL EEGISTEE
OF
CHRIST'S COLLEGE
It will be observed that between 1 July 1665 and 8 March 166j, there are
only three entries. The cause was the plague wliich was prevalent in August :
and on 10 Oct. the exercises in the Schools were discontinued by Grace of the
Senate. On Dec. 8 the Colleges were declared by the V.C. to be free of
infection : on March 15 it was announced that no one had died of plague at
Cambridge for six weeks, and that all who return will be received. (Cooper,
Annals, 3. 517.) But it will have been seen that many men matriculated
very late. The reason was that there was no matriculation between July
1665 and 30 March 1667. In the spring of 1666 work recommenced. Com-
mencement seems to have been held and degrees conferred. But the plague re-
turned : and on Aug. 3 Stourbridge fair was prohibited : the Colleges apparently
dispersed earlier than their wont. See note by John Covel, praelector for the
year, under Sam. Fortrey (page 8).
Onely, Richard:
Matric*. from Magd. Hall, Oxford, 1663, aged 17 : B.A. 1667 : incorporated
at Cambridge and M.A. (Christ's), 1672. Son of Humphrey Onely of Yoxall,
Staffs. : his brother Humphry, B.A., was at Ch. Ch. 1674. Vicar of Colton,
StaflFa. 15 Nov. 1706 : resigned May 1708. The name at Christ's, now and in
the next century, is spelt Onely : elsewhere at Cambridge, and generally at
Oxford, it is Onley.
Wood, Laurence :
Matric''. from Brasenose, Oxford 30 March 1666 : B.A. 1669 : incorporated
at Cambridge and M.A. (Christ's) 1672. The third of these names in the
College: one 158^, the second B.A. 160*: all three of Cheshire. Son of
John of Landwich (?), plebeius. Ordained (as M.A. of Christ's) priest, Lich-
field, 1673 Aug. Rector of St Bridget's, Chester, 168|^-1710; vicar of
St John, Chester 1689-1710, when he died aged 63. (Ormerod-Helsby,
1. 315.)
Gardiner, Robert :
Matric*. from Queen's, Oxford 18 March 166|, aged 17 : B.A. 1668 : in-
corporated at Cambridge and M.A. (Christ's) 1672. Son of Hi. Gardiner of
Kellet, Lanes.
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Bowes, Robert : son of Francis, eques auratus : born at Durham. School :
" Coniscleuiae " [Coniscliffe], under M"' Robinson. Admitted fellow-commoner
under D'' Widdrington 1 Feb. 166|. Age 16.
Matr". 16 March 166f Admitted at Gray's Inn 2 April 1668. Second
son of Sir Francis of Thornton Hall. Succeeded his brother Francis
(admitted 1664) in 1697. Gave £5. 7s. 6d. to the Chapel in 1702. Died
unmarried : buried 4 April 1734. (Surtees, 3. 383.)
Bretton, Joshua : son of John : born at Dullingham, Gambs. School : Thurlow,
Suff., under M"' Holmes. Admitted pensioner under M'' Eede 8 March 166f.
Age 16.
B.A. 16«§; M.A. 1673. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1670 May: priest, Nor-
wich, 1674: and instituted (same time) to the rectory of Elvedon or Eldon,
Suif., patron, John Bretton (? his father). Died 1689, aged 39, and buried at
Elvedon.
Baynes, William : admitted as Baines : son of Robert : born at Merwith [1 Mewith
Head], Bentham, Yorks. School : Sedbergh, under M'' Fell. Admitted pen-
sioner under M'' Stanford 9 March 166|-. Age 16.
B.A. (Baynes) 16|§. Ordained deacon (Baynes), York, Dec. 1670. One
of these names vicar of Aberford near Tadcaster : died there before Nov.
1712.
Fish, Thomas : son of Phatuel : born at Staveley, Yorks. School : York, under
M"' Langley. Admitted sizar under M'' Covel 26 March 1666.
B.A. 16-«-S; M.A. 1673. Brother of Henry (1658). Ordained deacon,
London, 1670 Sept. ; priest, Chichester, 1673. Rector of Ringstead St
Andrew (presented by the College) 24 July 1673-87. Obtained 21 May
1677 a dispensation to hold also his father's rectory of Staveley, Yorks.,
distant 46 miles [Lambeth Register). Rector al.so of Foston, Yorks. (probably
in Lamplugh's time, 1686-91, for which the institutions are wanting) till his
death 31 Dec. 1701. Buried in chancel of Ringstead church.
Belasyse, Henry: admitted as Bellasis : son of Richard, miles: born at Biddick
House, Durham. School : Haughton [Houghton], under M'' (Jaunt. Ad-
mitted fellow-commoner under D"' Widdrington 29 March 1666.
Matric''. 6 July 1667. Admitted at the Middle Temple 1 April 1668.
Son of Ri. Bela.syse of Potto, Yorks. and of Margaret Lanibton of Lambton,
Durham. Sir Henry Belasyse of Potto, and afterwards of Brancepeth Castle :
M.P. for Durham, in the parliaments of 1, 4 and 9 Anne. General of the
British Army in Flanders. Governor of Berwick on Tweed. Married
(1) Dorothy Jenkins of Grimston, (2) Fleetwood Shuttleworth of Forcet.
Gave £5. 7s. 6d to the Chapel in 1702. Died 16 Dec. 1717: buried in
Westminster Abbey. (Surtees, 1. 203.)
Rayne, Edward : son of Richard : born at Gainford, Durham. School : Conis-
cliffe, under M"' Robinson. Admitted sizar under D' Widdrington 3 April
1666. Age 16.
Matric"*. 6 July 1667. Second son of Ri. Rayne of Snow Hall, Gainford,
by his wife Isabel Stoddart. Pedigree in Surtees, 4. 1.5. Seems to have died
childles.s, as the third brother John succeeded his father at Snow Hall " one
of the loveliest spots in the valley of the Tees " (Surtees).
Seeker, George : son of Thomas : born at Grantham. School : Grantham, under
M'' Siston. Admitted sizar under M'' Eede 17 April 1666. Age 15.
M.B. 1672. Brother of George (1664).
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Wilson, Ralph : son of Thomas : born at Stotely [probably Shotley], Northumb'*.
School: Newcastle. Admitted sizar under M'' Stanford 21 April 1666.
Age 15.
Matric". 30 Mar. 1667. Perhaps B.A. 167.5. One Ralph Wilson was
under-usher of Newcastle School on 24 March 1674 with a stipend of
£33. Gs. 8d. (Brand, Newcastle, 1. 93) : if this be the same man, he was
appointed before his graduation, which was for some reason long deferred.
Maurice, Henry : admitted as Morrice : son of William : born at Stortford.
School : Stortford, under M'' Leigh. Admitted, " aevo multo maturior," sizar
under M'' Stanford 21 April 1666. Age 16.
B.A. (Maurice) 16i§; M.A. 1673. Ordained deacon, London, 1672 Dec.
Rector of Tyringham, Bucks. 22 Oct. 1675-99 (Lipscombe, 4. 380, has 1679
wrongly). Chaplain to the Earl of St Alban [sic], and as such had license
23 April 1681 to hold (with T3'ringham) the rectory of Buckworth, Hunts.,
distant 16 miles {Lambeth Register). Buried at Tyringham 20 April 1699.
Not to be confused with the contemporarj' Hen. Maurice, D.D. of Jesus,
Oxford, Lady Margaret Professor.
Brook, Thomas : son of William : born at Hoytown [1 Hoy land], Yorks. School :
Hipperhohne [near Halifax], under M'' Doughtj'. Admitted pensioner under
W Eede 24 April 1666. Age 16.
Matric". not found. One Tho. Brooke of Dodworth (near Barnsley) gent.,
died 1712 aged 63 : buried at Doncaster church (Hunter, S. Yorks, 1. 47).
Miller, Richard: son of Edward: born in Cambridge. School: (1) Cambridge,
(2) Huntingdon, (3) Bury. Admitted sizar under M'' Covel 26 April 1666.
Age 15.
B.A. 165^; M.A. 1673. One of these names rector of Felsham, Suff.
2 Jan. 16|^. One was rector of South Runcton, Norf. 1690-1702, when he
died (Blomefield, 4. 139).
Watson, Richard : son of Robert : born at Frendesbury [Frindsbury], Kent.
School : West Mailing, under M"' Rob. Whittle. Admitted pensioner under
M-- Stanford 27 April 1666. Age 16.
Admitted at Gray's Inn 7 May 1668. Another Ri. Watson was admitted
21 June 1667: whom see. Each graduated: one (possibly this one) was
LL.B. 1671: the other was B.A. 167°: it is impossible to decide.
Dunning, Edward : son of Shadrach : born at Northallerton. School : Sigston
{\ Siggesthorne, near Hornsea], under M'' Smelt. Admitted sizar under
M^ Eede 28 April 1666. Age 14.
B.A. 16|^^. Ordained deacon, York, 1671 June; priest, 1672 June.
Curate of Givendale (near Pocklington) 19 June 1674 : also at Bishop Wilton
(near Givendale) 24 June.
Glascock, Thomas : son of Edward, born at Kelvedon, Essex. School : " silvis
ustis " [Brentwood], under M"' Bernard. Admitted pensioner under M'' Covel
9 May 1666. Age 16.
B.A. 1669 Mids. Second son of Edward of Brises, Kelvedon (admitted
1638).
Nowell, William : son of Charles : born at Capleside, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M'" Will. Briggs. Admitted sizar to D' Carr (surety M"' Stanford)
14 May 1666. Age 16.
B.A. 16|§; M.A. 1674. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1670 May. Rector of
Berwick, Su.ssex, 24 Jan. 167f-94. Also vicar of Fittleworth 26 Sept. 1677 ;
rector of Brightling 10 Deo. 1681; vicar of Alciston 3 June 1686; but he
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held Berwick through his life. Died before Jan. 169|. (There is a pedigree
of the Nowells of Capleside in Whitaker, Whalley, 2. 113 : but this one does
not appear.)
Young, Edward : son of William : born at Giggleswick. School : Giggleswick,
under M'' Briggs. Admitted sizar to D'' Carr (surety M'' Stanford) 14 May
1666. Age 15.
B.A. im. Buried (Younge B.A.) at Great St Andrew's 10 April 1670.
Myers, Josiah : born at Lakeland [Lawkland], Yorks. School : Giggleswick,
under M"^ Briggs. Admitted sizar under M"^ Stanford 14 May 1666. Age 16.
Matric'*. 6 July 1667, as Josias. Josiah My res, " literatus, Chr. Coll.,"
ordained deacon, York, Sept. 1668: priest, Lincoln, 1670 Aug. Rector of
Easedon (? Easton, now combined with Stoke, North and Soutli), Lines.
8 Aug. 1670 — at the age of 20, if the dates be right!
Poynton, John : son of Edward : born at Little Huckley [Hucklow in Hope],
Derbs. School : Hope, under M' Croasdale. Admitted sizar to M'' Burnet
(surety M"- Eede) 15 May 1666. Age 17.
B.A. 16Sii. Edward (the father) died 1674 and was buried at Hope.
John was ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1670 May; priest, Ely, 167" March.
Died, probably, at Hope in his father's lifetime, leaving books as a bequest to
his brother Elias, admitted 1674. (Rev. F. J. Poynton of Kelston.)
Alcock, John : son of Walter : born at Gateside [Gateshead]. School : Newcastle,
under M'' Oxiey, " novi indefessus seminator seouli " (Covel). Admitted
sizar under M'' Covel 15 May 1666. Age 15.
B.A. im; M.A. 1673. Ordained deacon, York, 1670 Dec: priest,
1672 Sept. Perhaps vicar of Billingham, Durham later than 1681-1703,
when he died (Surtees, 3. 146).
Eliot, Philip : son of Philip, " nomine et praenomine insignitus patrio " : born
at Hunsdon, Herts. School : " Staffordiae " [Stortford], under M"^ Leigh.
Admitted pensioner under M"^ Stanford 17 May 1666. Age 16.
B.A. (Elliot) 16f|. Philip (the father) was rector of Hunsdon 20 July
1644 : and was one of the Herts, ministers who petitioned in 1646 for church
government according to the Covenant (Urwick, 124). He seeuis to have
been unconformable in 1661, and resigned Hunsdon: but returned in 1666
and held it till 1686 (1). One of the family to which belonged John Eliot,
" the apostle to the Indians " and Philip his brother, one of the pilgrim-fathers
(ib. 680). The young Philip is not found in any list of emigrants.
North, Oliver : son of Oliver : born at Teston, Kent. School : Tonbridge, under
M'' Wase. Admitted sizar under M'' Bainbridge 18 May 1666. Age 16.
B.A. lefl ; M.A. 1673. Son of Ohver (163f ), vicar of Teston. Vicar of
West Farleigh, Kent, 1675. Rector of Iden, Sussex, 8 July 1692. Died 1726.
Saes, William : son of William : born at Bishop's Castle, Salop. School :
Edgeton, under M"' Hay. Admitted sizar to D' Pepper (surety M"' Covel)
24 May 1666. Age 16.
Probably Says : matriculation not found.
Smith, John : son of John, born at Milton, Derbs. School : Repton, under
M'' XJllock. Admitted a sizar : and pupil of M' Standish (surety M'' Stanford)
28 May 1666. Age 17.
B.A. 16|^. Ordained (John Smith, Christ's College) deacon, Lichfield,
1671 Sept.: priest, Worcester, 1676 Sept. Curate of Caulk {Wore. Beg.).
One Joh. Smith B.A., vicar of Leasby (? Lowesby), Leics. 10 May 1672 : vicar
of Tilton (adjacent) 3 June 1673. One (B.A.) rector of Wishaw, Warwick
6 June 1695.
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Heathcote, Gilbert : admitted as Hetlicot : son of Michael : boiii at Buxton.
School : Bakewell, under M' Beardmore. Admitted pensioner under M''
Stanford 11 June 1666. Age 18.
B.A. (Heathcott) 16!:^; M.A. 1673. Identified, in D.N.B., with Sir
Gilbert, Sherifi" and Lord Mayor of London, knighted 1702, one of the
founders of the Bank of England, and (in 1694) elected one of its first
Board of Directors: M.P. for Helston 1714, for New Lymington 1722, for
St Germans 1727 : baronet 173§: who died in London 1733, aged 82, and
was buried at Nornianton, Ruts., which he had bought from the Mackworths.
If his age be given rightly, he was born in 1651. The age does not exactly
correspond : and there seems to be no doubt that this Sir Gilbert was eldest
son of Gilbert of Chesterfield, alderman and thrice mayor.
Another Gilbert was admitted here [no facts about him given] in 1681 :
but he is too young.
There is another Gilbert Heathcote "M.A. of Christs" (so described in
Brady's Records of Cork, 2. 115) and said there to be son of the Parliamentary
Captain, Gilbert, and grandson of George of Brampton who was brother of
Gilbert, the alderman of Chesterfield, from whom the knightly family
descended. This Irish Gilbert was curate of Youghal 1683 : Chancellor of
Cloyne, 1685-93, when he was deprived. He married about 1680 Sarah,
daughter of Sir Ri. Kennedy of Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow. So far,
Brady : did he take the "M.A. of Christ's" from the Graduati Ca7it. without
further enquiry ? or is he wrong about the parentage and does he assume that
Gilbert the Chancellor of Cloyne was a son of the familiar Parliamentarian
Gilbert ? If so, the rest of his account may be correct. The Gilbert of 1681
is too young to be the husband of Sarah Kennedy.
Leake, Samuel : " sesquicubitalis " : son of Edward : born at Loughborough.
School : Loughborough, under M'' Somerville. Admitted sizar to M'' Halliwell
(surety M'^ Stanford) 13 June 1666. Age 18.
B.A. 1669 Mids. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1668 Aug. [sic\\ priest,
York, 1671 Sept. Licensed to lecture in Ashbourne, Derbs. 20 Oct. 1671.
(The vicar of Rolleston, Notts. 12 Aug. 1682 is more probably Sam. Leake
M.A. (Joh.) 1661.) He died still lecturer of Ashbourne June 1689. For the
history of the lectureship (founded 1632) see Cox, Derbs. Churches, 2. 398:
the " able pious learned painfull and orthodox preacher " was to give two
sermons or Divinity Lectures every, week.
Knolles, John : or Knowles : son of John : born at Chester. School : Chester,
" renatum obstetricante parturientibus Musis magistro Liptrot." Admitted
sizar to M"' Burnet (surety M"' Eede) 15 June 1666. Age, nearly 17.
B.A. (Knowles) 16f^. Ordained deacon, Glos., IGif Feb. On 17 Dec.
1670 he petitioned for priest's orders within six weeks, having been chosen by
the inhabitants of Stony Stratford for their minister and being then above 24
\siG\ Ordained priest, Ely, 167f March. One John Knolles, P.C. of Bidston,
Chesh. 1674-9 (Ormerod-Helsby, 2. 469). A M"' Knowles appears as vicar of
Helpstone in the Bishop's vis". 1675 and in the Audit Book 1678-9 : gone before
1682 when Tho. Ixem is appointed. The father (John) may have been the
Socinian chaplain of the garrison at Chester who had a controversy with Sam.
Eaton the orthodox Independent of Duckenfield, and chaplain before Knolles
(Halley, 2. 85).
Goring, William : son of John : born at Kingston, Staffs. School : Repton.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Eede 18 June 1666. Age 17.
Matric". not found. Brother of Thomas (1664). Married Sarah, daughter
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and coheir of Humphry Gilbert of Frodley, and had a large family, who
mostly died young or unmarried. His eldest son, Henry, bapt*. 21 July 1687,
married and had issue (Staffs. Vis'\ 1663—4, witii note at end of Vis", book).
Thompson, George : son of George, armiger : born at Lee, Kent. School :
Lee, under M"^ Watkins. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Eede 18 June
1666. Age 17.
Matric''. July 1667. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 8 Aug. 1667 (as Geo.
Tompson).
*Tumer, John: son of Methusaleh : born at Cheapside, London ("ibidem
eundem salutavit patriareham prime quo potuit vagitu "). School : St Paul's,
under D' Crumbleam [Crumbleholme]. Admitted pensioner under M"' Eede
18 June 1666. Age, nearly 17.
B.A. 16f«; M.A. 1673, incorporated, Oxford, 1675. On 5 April 1670
the King recommended John Turner to be elected to the first vacancy,
whatever county it be: and he got it. He was elected before Mids. 1673,
succeeding Mich. Stanford. Ordained priest, London, 1673 Dec. Was prae-
lector for the large year 1673-4, and a careless one ; but he wrote good Latin.
His last payment was in Mich^ 1681, and he left the College considerably in
debt, probably not (as was sometimes the case) for pupils, of whom he had
none after 1675 : there is an entry in the Order-book 20 Feb. 168-1-. "Agreed
then by the Master and Fellows that M"' Turner have a year more allowed
toward the payment of his £51 [or 1 .£50] bond which if he does not pay in
that time, then we whose names are here subscribed doe promise and engage
ourselves joyntly and severally to pay it within 2 months after the time
expired, counting from the date hereof": this is signed by Tho. Lynford,
Tho. Fairmedow, Edw. Finch and John Isham : and in 168| M'' Lynford paid
£40 to the College. From the preface to some of his books, it would seem
that he was settled in London : in 1684 he describes hiaiself as Hospitaller of
S' Thomas, Southwark, and in 1698 as lecturer of Christ Church, London:
possibly he was rector of Postling, Kent 2 Feb. 168|-, presented by the
Archbishop : possibly vicar of Navestock, Essex 3 June 1689-1700 and later :
possibly rector of Benington (? Benenden near Cran brook), Kent 30 Oct. 1701 ;
presented by John Turner, gent.
Author : A discourse concerning the Messias with a large preface on tJie
Trinity, 1675. Animadversions on the doctrine of Trans^ihslantiation, preached
before the Lord Mayor 19 Oct. 1679 : another (9 Sept.) Thanksgiving /or the
discovery of the Popish plot : The Middle way between Necessity and Freedom,
at St Mary's, 1683. Tivo discourses demonstrating the unlau-fidness of the
marriage of cousins-german, 1682. The Soldiers Catechism, 1684 with a
preface to Sir Geo. Jefferies, Lord Chief Justice. The true time of our
Saviour's passover, 1684. A resolution of 3 matrimonial cases, 1684: and also
An argument in defence of the marriage of an Uncle ivith the daughter of his
half-brother by the father's side. Two sermons (1) on the " occasion of Her
Majestie's happy conception" 29 Jan. 1687, and (2) on the birth of a Prince
17 June 1688. A vindication of infant baptism, 1695 : A discourse of
Fornication with an Appendix concerning concubinage 1698 (see Cole MSS.) :
and others which as Wood candidly says (Fasti, 2. 350) " being too many to
be here set down shall for brevity's sake be omitted."
Crisp, Henry : son of Henry, of London : born at Hamburg. School : St Paul's.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Eede 18 June 1666. Age 16.
Matric"*. from Magdalene 30 March 1667. Admitted at the Inner Temple
21 Nov. 1666. Possibly grandson of Sir Nicholas Crispe of Hammersmith
who built the house afterwards called La Trappe. A family of this name
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(with more than one Henry) was seated at Birchington : but I cannot
identify this one.
Monoux, Lewis : son of Humphry (doniinus) : born at Kimbley [Kiaiberley],
Norfolk. School : Stiekson [Stri.xton] " 10 miles E. of Nortliampton." Ad-
mitted fellow-commoner under D'' Widdrington 20 June 1666. Age 16.
Matric''. 6 July 1667. Admitted at Gray's Inn 7 Feb. 166^. Third son
of Sir Humphry (matric"^. 1617) of Wotton, Beds, and of Mary Wodehouse,
daughter of Sir Thomas, of Kimberley : brother of George (1663). Lewis
Monoux Esq., of Sandy, Beds. Married his first cousin Lucy, daughter of
Sir Philip Wodehouse of Kimberley : father of Louis, adm"*. 1720. See
pedigree under Sir Humphry (1617).
Ellison, Robert : son of Robert : born at Newcastle. School : Berwick. Admitted
pensioner under D' Widdrington 23 June 1666 " mediis dirae pestis incendiis."
Age not given.
Matric". not found. Son of Rob. Ellison (Sheriff of Newcastle 1644 and
M.P. who died 1677 : see Brand, Newcastle, 1. 298) and of Elizabeth, daughter
of Cuthbert Gray of Newcastle and of Backworth (Hodgson, ii. iii. 347).
*Lynford, Thomas : admitted as Linford : son of Samuel : born in Cambridge.
School: (1) Newark, under M"" Leeds: (2) Bury [M'' Leeds]. Admitted sizar
"optimae spei tyro" under D'' Widdrington 16 July 1666. Age, nearly 16.
B.A. (Lynford) 167-?-; M.A. 1674, incorporated, O.xford, 1676; D.D. 1689.
Ordained deacon, London, 167f- March : curate at Fen Drayton 1674. Vicar
of Great Ellingham, Norfolk, 1674, patron, Tho. Cockayne of Sunning:
resigned it, 1676. Elected Fellow before Mids. 1675, in place of D"' Carr,
King Edw. Fellow : see under Tho. Montagu (1668). Took a large number of
pupils from 1G76 — he received D"' Widdrington 's in 1675, and took up his
conne.xion with the North — down to Mich. 1685 ; Tho. Lovett, and (later)
Tho. Waterhouse, being his chief competitors. Rector of St Edmund the
King, Lombard Street, 18 Dec. 1685-1724, patron, King James II, whose
expectations he must have disappointed : he vacated his Fellowship Xmas
1686. On 25 Nov. 1689 he had license as " clerk of St Benet Gracechurch St."
and as " lately the ingenious praevaricator of Cambridge," to marry Eliz.
Dillingham of St Giles in the Fields. Prebendary of Westminster 6 May
1700, and Sub-dean 1723 : he had been Chaplain in ordinary to the King
and Queen : he " was inveterate against Popery and a believer in the Plot
by the Papists : no wonder to see him Chaplain to King William III " (Cole).
Archdeacon of Barnstaple, 9 Sept. 1709. In 1714 he bore the cost of casing
with stone the front of the Great Gateway: and in 1715—17 he also paid for
the casing of the front between the gateway and Hobson Street : this portion
remains untouched to the present day : it dates the introduction of sash-
windows into the College. He died 11 August 1724, aged about 74. A
good portrait in oils was given by a M"' Larner (? Joh. 1685) to the Master
" to be hanged at the Lodge " : it has subsequently been placed in the com-
bination-room. (Letter from Anna Maria Jenen to the Master 8 Feb. 174i.)
Author: some sermons, preached before the Lord Mayor 1679 and 168f :
one on Primitive Christianity revived, 1709 : an "accession sermon" 12 Dec.
1714 before George I.
Brome, James: admitted as Broome: son of Will.: born in Cambridge. School:
(1) Newark, under M' Leeds: (2) Bury [M' Leeds]. Admitted sizar under
D"- Widdrington 16 July 1666.
B.A. (Brome) 167f ; M.A. 1677. Ordained deacon, London, 1672 Sept.;
priest, 1673 Dec. : curate at St Peter Paup. Presented by Ja. Brockman to
the vicarage of Newington near Folkestone 15 Jan. 167|^ (Lamb. Reg'.) : rector
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of Cheriton 6 June 1679 (2 June 1676 according to the record of Institutions
at the Record Office)-! 7 19, when he died. Chaplain to the Cinque Ports.
Author: Travels over England Scotland and Wales, 1700: an authentic version
(as stated in the preface) of travels which had been published 1694 as the
Travels of M'' R. Rogers over England and Wales. Travels through Portugal
and Spain, 1712. Also published (1693) a Treatise of the Roman jjorts and
roads in Kent, by Will. Somner, dedicated to Henry, Vise'. Sidney. (D.N.B.)
His son, James, was admitted 1697 : and his grandson, James, 1739.
Mead, John : son of Thomas, armiger : born at Wendon Lofts, Essex. School :
Elmdon, under M'' Howorth. Admitted fellow-commoner under D'' Wid-
drington 23 July 1666. Age 15.
Matric". not found. M.A. {per lit. reg.) 1669. Admitted at Gray's Inn
14 June 1669. Son of Thomas Mead of Lofts (admitted 1636) and grandson
of Sir John, cousin of Joseph Mead. Married Jane, daughter of Will, Wardour;
by whom he had a son John, who died an infant, and two daughters, Jane and
Margaret, coheiresses, who sold Lofts to Ri. Chamberlain of London (Morant,
2. 594).
Here comes a note by John Covel, the Praelector : who says that in
August 1665 the University went into exile. The cold winter, or God's
mercy, repressed the plague. But in the spring of 1666 the alarm again
began: the University again fled: among the rest M'' Covel "uno vel altero
pupillorum manipulo stipatus." In consequence the two pupils (presumably
one " manipulus ") who follow are entered in a wrong place.
Fortrey, Samuel : son of Samuel, armiger : born at Hogginton [Oakington],
Cambs. School: Oakington, under M'' Shafto "Uteris magis quam fortuna
Celebris" (1 Ant. Shaftp adm''. 1655). Admitted pensioner under M'' Bain-
bridge, 2 July 1666. Age 15.
Matricd. 6 July 1667. Born 24 Feb. 165i; eldest son of Sam. Fortrey of
Richmond, Surrey (Clerk of the deliveries of H.M.'s Ordinance in the Tower
of London: author of England's Interest and Improvement: D.N.B.) and of
Theodora Josceline. Of Byall Fen in Mepal, Esq. : J. P. for Hunts, and Isle
of Ely. Captain of Militia, Isle of Ely. Married 1683 Eliz., daughter of
Walter Bigg, merchant, of London. Died 10 Feb. 1688, aged 38 : buried
at Mepal (Genealogist, 3. 298).
Fortrey, William : " Daedalus alter " [why ?] : son of Samuel, armiger. [Birth-
place and school as Samuel above.] Admitted pensioner under M'' Bainbridge
2 July 1666. Age 14 \sic\
Matric^. 6 July 1667. Brother of Samuel. Born 22 Feb. 1653 (Nichols,
II. ii. 446). Married Anne Whalley of Norton, by whom he had two sons,
William and James, and four daughters. Died 1722 : buried at Norton.
Reynoldson, — : admitted sizar under M' Eede 1 Dec. 1666. [No more.]
Matric". not found. One Tho. Reynoldson of Christ's College, with no
degree, ordained deacon, York, 1667 Sept.
Stackhouse, Ambrose : son of Hugh : born at Giggleswick. School : Giggles-
wick, under M"' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Stanford 4 March 166|^.
Age 17.
B.A. 167f; M.A. 1674. Curate of Quatt, Salop. Ordained priest,
Worcester, 1676. Rector of Quatt, 1 Dec. 1677 : buried there 16 Sept. 1695,
1666—1667 9
when he was succeeded by Thomas Littleford (whom see). Had a son, Hush
admitted at Pembroke, Oxford in 1701, aged 17.
Brockwell, Robert: son of Thomas: born at Richmond, Yorks. School:
Richmond, under ftp John Parvin(g). Admitted sizar under M'' Stanford
4 March 166|. Age 20 : "maturus juvenis Musas Cantabrigienses osculatus
est," says the Praelector.
But his matric". not found.
Delaval, William: son of William, "generosae tum indolis turn prosapiae
juvenis " : born at Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. School : Newcastle,
under M'' Oxley, " venerandus senex." Admitted pensioner under D"' Wid-
drington 4 March 16Gf. Age 16.
B.A. 167f . Will., the father, was probably second son of Sir John Delaval
of Distington by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Geo. Selby : he
married Mary, daughter of Hen. Widdrington of Blackheddon. Great-nephew
of his tutor and distant cousin of John Delaval (of Seaton Delaval) admitted
1672 (Kimber, 3. 177).
*Perkins, James : son of John : born at Isle Abbots, Somerset. School :
Ilminster, under M"' Goodenough. Admitted sizar under M' Eede 12 March
166|. Age, nearly 17.
B.A. 167fl; M.A. 1674. Elected fellow before May 1676 on the death
of James Leigh: last payment, Mids. 1680. He was Junior Dean 1679-80.
Ordained deacon, London, 1673 Sept. : priest, Norwich, 1675 Dec. when he
was licensed to Little Ellingham near Attleborough. Perliaps he is the
Ja. Perkins, M.A., presented to the rectory of Warehorne St Matthew, Kent,
16 April 1680 : where however his successor came in Dec. 1681.
Amherst, Geoffrey: son of John: born in London, "emporium Trinobantum."
School : Tonbridge, under M' Wade. Admitted fellow-commoner under
D"^ Widdrington 26 March 1667. Age 17.
Born 11 Jan. 16|^, son of John Amherst, Bencher of Gray's Inn by his
wife Mary Kirkby of London. Admitted at Gray's Inn 1 June 1666:
barrister and Bencher. M.P. for Bletchingley 1689-90. Of Cowfold, Sussex,
in 1695: also of Riverhead, Kent. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry
Yate of Warnham, Sussex : had six sons (of whom the eldest, Geoffi-ey, was
admitted 1695) and four daughters. Died Aug. 1713 and buried at Pembury,
Kent. (Foster, Gray's Inn : Collins, 8. 167.)
■Web[be], Jessop : admitted at Sidney Sussex 9 June 1664. Admitted at Christ's
sizar under M"^ Stanford 16 March 1666. Age 19. [Son of Edw. Webbe
Surgeon (deceased) of Cambridge. Educated at the Perse School for 6 years
under M^ GrifEn and M'' Rickes : admitted at Sidney " vergente iam anno
aetatis 16" under Edm. Matthews, S.T.B.]
B.A. 166|. Ordained priest, Ely, 167i March. Vicar of Gorleston,
Suffolk, 10 April 1673, presented by Sir Humphry Bedingtield ; also rector
of Wei borne, Norfolk, 14 April, presented by Francis CliflFord ; this he
resigned in 1688. He was also rector of Little Brandon which for a time
was united with Welborne (Blomefield, 1. 701) 2 Feb. 1674-1710 and of
North Tuddenham (distant about two miles) 1687-1710. Married Anne,
daughter of Robert Hitch of Melbourne, Cambs. : by whom he had five
daughters. Buried at Tuddenham 16 Jan. 17 If, where he seems to have
resided.
Hart, William : son of William : born at Lynn. School : Lynn, under M"' Bell.
Admitted sizar under M-- Covel 22 March 166|. Age not given [but born
1650]. r s 5 L
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B.A. 1672; M.A. 1674. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1673 May: licensed
to Hillington : priest, London, 1673 Dec: curate of St Vedast. Rector of
Walpole St Peter 5 Oct. 1682 till 172.5 : when presumably he died.
Wormell, Samuel : son of Bartholomew : born at Lynn. School : Lynn, under
M"' Bell. Admitted sizar under M"' Stanford 27 March 1667. Age 16.
B.A. 167^. One Bart. Wormell was minister of Stocking Pelham perhaps
under the Commonwealth and till 1667 : if he be the father of Samuel he was
probably at Lynn later than 1651 (Urwick, 764). Samuel was ordained
deacon, Ely, 167i March. Probably the man who appears as I'ector of
Turwicke [Terwick, St Peter], Sussex 3 May 1679-1719, when he died.
Dison, John : son of John : born at Leeds. School : Leeds. Admitted sizar
under M-- Halliwell 1 April 1667. Age 17.
B.A. 167f; M.A. 1674. Ordained deacon, York, 1671 June: priest, not
till 1692 May. Perhaps the "M"' Dison, school-master of Drighlin[g]ton for
24 years, dyed of apoplexy, buried at Burstall 2 Nov. 1701" {Nortkowram
Register, 106).
Crosedale, Heber: son of Henry: born at Macclesfield (Chesh.) "ingenio vere
masculo, iustique penderis indole iuvenis." Educated at Hope, Derbs. by his
father. Admitted .sizar under M'' Covel 4 April 1667. Age 17.
B.A. 167^. A M"' Crosedale, perhaps the father, was master of Macclesfield
school, before 1656 and as late as 1664 : possibly he was afterwards vicar of
Hope, and finished his son's education there. A M'' Crosedale was master of
Wirksworth before 1669 : this seems too early for the son in spite of his
ability. (See St John's Adni\ Book, part 2.)
Pashler, Oliver : son of William : born at Moldsworth [near Kimbolton]. School :
Huntingdon. Admitted sizar under M"^ Brookesbank 9 April 1667. Age 17.
B.A. 167f; M.A. 1674. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1671 June: priest,
Lincoln, 1671 Sept. : licensed to preach in the diocese. Vicar of Buckingham
2 Aug. 1672 (aged apparently 22). Chaplain to the Earl of Danby : as such
had license to be also rector of St Mary's, Bedford 10 Aug. 1681. Buried at
the parish church Buckingham 25 Feb. 1724 (Lipscombe, 2. 574).
Hauxley, Henry : [father not given] : born at Milton, Derbs. School : [Repton],
under M' Ullock. Admitted sizar to M"' Halliwell, tutor M"' Stanford
18 April 1667. Age 16.
B.A. 167^. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 167| March: priest, 1676 Sept.
Leeson, Daniel : admitted as Lesson : [father not given : and no further facts].
Admitted under M"' Stanford (sizar to M'' Standish) 18 April 1667.
B.A. (Ijceson) 167". Ordained priest, Lincoln, 1671 Sept.: licensed to
preach in the diocese. One Dan. Leeson (M.A. — but none discoverable)
rector of Normanton 31 July 1694: died before December 1697.
Brice, John : son of Francis, gentleman : born at York. School : York, under
M'' Langley. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington 19 April 1667.
Age 17.
Matric". not found.
Shipphardson, John : son of John : born at Bishop-Wearmouth. Educated
privately by M'' Broughton. Admitted pensioner under M"' Stanford 20 April
1667. Age 17.
Matric''. 6 July 1667. Perhaps the John Shipperdson who married in
1669 Elizabeth, daughter of Ra. Smith of West Rainton, Durham : and left
three daughters : living in 1713 (Surtees, 1. 115).
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Drake, John : son of Michael : born at Piokworth, Lines. School : Gainsborough,
under M'' John Cooke. Admitted sizar under M"^ Eede 1 May 1667. Age 17.
"Drake, a schollar of C. C." buried at Great St Andrew's 24 March 166f.
Banks, Robert : son of Robert : born at Giggleswick. School : Giggleswick.
Admitted under D'' Carr (sizar to M"' Stanford) 3 May 1667. Age 17.
Admitted afterwards a pensioner.
B.A. 167^ Mids. ; M.A. 1675. Son of Robert Banks of Beck Hall,
Giggleswick, who married Mary, daughter of John Frankland of Rathmell.
Apparently rector of Thrybergh, near Rotherham, 29 June 1671-78: rector
of Hooton Roberts (adjacent) 9 Aug. 1678: vicar of Conisbiough (adjacent)
12 Mar. 16|§-81. Vicar of Holy Trinity, Hull 6 May 1689-1711 Married
Margaret, daughter of Robert Thornton rector of Birkin, near Ferry Bridge.
Prebendary of Southwell 26 Feb. 168f-95. Prebendary of York (Stillington)
8 May 1695 till his death 1714 (Pryme's Diary, 187). Author of a sermon on
Ps. cxix. 136, 20 Sept. 1699 to a Society for the reformation of manners. (Cole.)
Sturges, John : son of Thomas, described by the praelector as " tenellum quin
bellum flosculum " : born at Leicester. School : Leicester, under M'' Thomas.
Admitted sizar under M'' Covel 9 May 1667. Age 15.
B.A. 167f; M.A. 1674. Ordained priest, Peterborough, 167f Feb.
Licensed to preach in Lichfield diocese 27 Aug. 1678: at St Mary, Huntingdon
3 Nov. 1679. Vicar of Kimbolton 18 Sept. 1684-92: of Hartford All S'^,
1 Oct. 1684-89. Rector of Ripton Regis 9 Jan. 16|g-1725 : also rector of
Glatton with Holme 6 Jan. 169", patron, Joh. Sherard. Archdeacon of
Huntingdon 17 Nov. 1720. Died 1725. His son John was admitted 1701.
Thompson, Williaxn: son of Christopher: born at Petinton [Pittington], Durham.
School : Houghton-le-Spring, under M"' Caunt. Admitted sizar under
D' Widdrington 16 May 1667. Age 17.
B.A. 1670 Mids.; M.A. 1674. One of these names vicar of Grindon,
Durham, 1678-99. Vicar of Kelloe, Durham 1699-1735, when he died
(Surtees, 1. 67 : 3. 76). Others possible.
England, Richard : son of George : born at Thornton, Yorks. School : South
Dalton, under M"' Calix [sic : probably Callis]. Admitted sizar under D'' Wid-
drington 12 June 1667. Age not given.
B.A. 167y. Probably Master of Buntingford School, before 1691, and
still there in 1721 (Adm". book) — unless another England succeeded him.
His son Thomas admitted 1698 was educated at Buntingford by his father.
Beech, John : [father not given] : born at Bucknall, Staffs. School : " Bar-
humbley" [Barthoniley], Chesh., under M'' Cawdray. Admitted under M'
Stanford (sizar to D"' Carr). Age not given.
B.A. 167^^. His master was Zach. Cawdray, ejected from his fellowship
at St John's 1649, and rector of Bartiioinley 1649-84. Ordained deacon (as
student of Christ's College), Lichfield, 16fg Feb.
Gippes, Thomas : son of Richard : born at Horringsheath [HorringerJ, Sufi".
School: Bury St Edmunds ("Villa Faustini "), under (1) M'' Stephens:
(2) M'' Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M'' Covel 18 June 1667. Age 16.
No sooner had he entered (in Covel's language) this " amplum Mundi
diversorium " than he was grievously afflicted by " rachitis " : " rudis hie et
nuperrimus (si Glissonio fides) mortalium aggressor diu detinuit...morte
tantum non afFecit." However he had a " vegetus animus": and eventually
came to Cambridge where "nectar bibit acadeniicum, cibosque philosophiae
robustiores et vere masculo exhibendos stomacho carpit." He was third son
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of Ri. Gipps of Horringer by his wife, Martha Seaman of Yarmouth, baptized
at Horringer 26 March 1650 [sic]. He was not buried there (see Horringer
Register, ed. Sydenham Hervey).
Watson, Richard : son of John : born at Melmerby, Yorks. School : Melmerby,
under M' Dickenson. Admitted sizar under D'' Widdrington 21 June 1667.
Age 16.
Probably B.A. 1670 Mids. " lam philosophiae incumbit," says Covel
having had opened to him at school the door of the Attic and Roman languages.
See under Ri. Watson, adm. 27 April 1666.
Roberts, Philip : son of Thomas : born at Curry-Mallet, Somerset. School :
Bishop's Lydeard, under M' Henry Squib. Admitted sizar under M'' Eede
26 June 1667 ("magistro Eede panem et potum, mantelium etiam et cultrum
administrat," says Covel). Age 17.
His labours were not crowned by any degree : nor is his matric". found.
Cowper, Thomas: son of John: born at Clifton, Yorks. School: Shawel [? Leics.],
under M'' Palmer. Admitted under M"' Covel (sizar to D'' Rob. Pepper) 27 June
1667. Age 18.
Matric". not found.
Lambert, Hamamael : son of Francis : born in Fleet Street, London. School :
Charterhouse. Admitted sizar under M'' Covel 28 June 1667. Age 18.
B.A. 1670 Mids.; M.A. 1674. Ordained (Hanameel, as signed by himself
in the London Register) deacon (date not found) ; licensed to Abberton, Essex :
priest, London, 1671 Sept. Licensed to Peldon, Essex, 20 June 1672.
Comer, Jonathan : [father not given] : born at Broadclyst [Broad Clist], Devon.
School : Broad Clist, under D'' Copleston. Admitted sizar under M' Covel
1 July 1667. Age 17.
B.A. 1670 Mids. Ordained deacon, Exeter, 1670 Sept.: priest, 1671 June.
The Comers were an old family of Milverton — then of Fitzhead — Somerset: the
father may have been a clergyman in Devon. Rector of Dunkerton, Somerset,
15 Dec. 1675-77 : of Babcary, Somerset (patron, Ra. Stawell, miles) 19 Sept.
1677. Died there before April 1729 (Weaver, Somerset Incumbents).
Brooke, William : son of William : born at Eddercliff in the parish of Bustall
[Birstall], York. School : Hippram [Hipperholme] near Halifax, under
M'' Doughty. Admitted sizar under M'' Brookesbank 2 July 1667. Age 17.
Matric". not found : unless he be the Will. Brookes matric"*. (Emm.)
8 July 1669.
Swindels, William : son of John : born " in Cestrensi quodam oppido Stopport "
[Stockport]. School : Manchester, under M'' Wickins. Admitted under
M' Covel (sizar to D"' Pepper) 2 July 1667 (" Doct"^ Pepper mensae adstat").
Age 18.
B.A. (Swindell) 1670 Mids.
Marrow, Samuel : " aurea stella " (Covel), son of Edward, armiger : born at
Ratcliffe, Notts. Educated by John Wodehouse. Admitted fellow-commoner
under M"^ Stanford 8 July 1667. Age 15.
Matric". not found. Son of Edw. Marrow (or Marowe) of Berkeswell,
Warw. by his wife Anna, daughter of Sir Tho. Grantham of Goltho, Lines. :
the manor was in the possession of the Marows from 1556 (Dugdale, Warivs.
718). Edw., his father, third son of a Sir Edward, was born 1606 : and had
an elder brother Samuel.
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More, Robert : son of James : born at Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. School :
Loughborough : an eager pupil, but " pinguiori Minerva " (Covel). Admitted
sizar under M"- Stanford 20 Sept. 1667. Age 16.
B.A. 167i. The last registered by John Covel, a florid but useful Prae-
lector for two years.
Brimble, John : son of Geoffrey : born in London. School : Peterborough,
under M"' Smith. Admitted under the Master (sizar to M'' Lovett) 15 Nov.
1667. Age 17.
Admitted at St John's 1 June 1668 : raatric''. thence 13 July.
Walker, Jaraes : son of James : born at Southwark. School : Shenley [1 Bucks,
or Herts.], under M'' Cudworth, of Christ's [probably Jeremiah]. Admitted
fellow-commoner under M'' Stanford, 28 Nov. 1667. Age 1.5.
Matric''. 16 Mar. 166|. M.A. (per lit. reg.) 1669. Admitted at the Middle
Temple 9 July 1669.
Newstead, Richard : son of Richard ; born at Fotheringham [hay ?], Northants.
School : private, at Northampton. Admitted sizar under M'' Eede 24 Aug.
1667. Age 17.
Matric'i. 13 July 1668.
Hawksworth, Walter : [father not given] : born at Anderby [Ainderby], Yorks.
School : Northalleiton, under M"' Smelt. Admitted pensioner under M'' Eede
31 Dec. 1667. Age 18.
Matric''. 16 March 166J. Probably admitted at Lincoln's Inn, as son of
Richard, late of Northallerton, 25 May 1668. Not to be found among the
Hawksworths of Hawksworth (Dugdale, Yorks. 1665 : see also Hunter,
F.M.G. 972). If Sir Richard of Hawksworth (died 1657) had a son Richard,
as well as the Walter who carried on the main line, such Richard might be
the father of our Walter : who would then be first cousin of the Walter
created a baronet 1678. But this Richard is hypothetical.
Ladler, William : son of John : [no further facts]. Admitted pensioner (after-
wards fellow-commoner) under M'' Covel, 25 Jan. 166|. Age not given.
Matric'i. 13 July 1668. M.A. {per lit. reg.) 1671. Possibly son of John
Ladler (1611), vicar of Gateshead 1661-79.
Sye, Nicholas : son of Nicholas : born at Newark. School : Newark, under
M'' Parr. Admitted sizar under M"^ Stanford 25 Jan. 166|. Age 16.
B.A. 167^; M.A. 1694 [sic]. One Nic. Sye (but M.A.) rector of Laceby,
Lines. 1 March 167|, patron, the Hon. Nic. Sanderson : rector of Wintring-
ham (also M.A.) 24 Feb. 1682, patron, Vise'. Castleton. His wife, Mary, was
buried there, 29 June 1716, and a daughter, Anne, later in the same year:
one son Nicholas died an infant. Nicholas himself was buried at Wintring-
ham 29 Sept. 1723.
How, Richard : son of Thomas : born at Stapleford, Essex. School : Felstead,
under M'' Glascock. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Stanford 26 Feb.
166^. Age 17.
Matric''. 16 Mar. 166|. Perhaps the Richard How of Felstead admitted
at the Inner Temple 13 May 1670.
Bradley, Henry : son of Oliver : born at Littlebank, Giggleswick. School :
Giggleswick, under M"' Briggs. Admitted at Magdalene 11 June 1667 under
M^ Quadring : at Christ's, sizar under M' Stanford 6 March 166|. Age 18.
B.A. 1670 Mids. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1671 Sept. Vicar of
Great Ness ("alias Strainge ") Salop 12 April 1676. Buried there 9 July
1706.
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Stalham, John : son of John : born at Terling, Essex. School : Felstead, under
M'' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Eede, 21 March 166|. Age 18.
Matric". not found. Son of John Stalham, vicar of Terling, matric*. 1617.
Paley, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Giggleswick. School : Giggleswick,
under M"' Briggs. Admitted under M"^ Stanford (sizar to D"' Carr) 13 April
1668. Age 16.
B.A. 167^. I cannot trace the connexion of this man with the subsequent
members of the College, who belonged to LongclifF, near Giggleswick : the
family had been long settled in the neighbourhood : see Robert (1616).
Choice, Sampson: son of John: born at Uppingham. School: Uppingham,
under M'' Meares. Admitted under the Master, sizar to M'' [James] Leigh
14 April 1668. Age 18.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1675. Ordained priest, Peterborough, 1681 May. The
father John Choice was perhaps of Whittington Grange, Leics. : where a
family of that name (containing Sampsons) was settled (Nichols, 4. 884).
Montague, Thomas : admitted as Mountague : son of James : born at Laccham,
Wilts. Educated privately at Notting [Knotting], Beds., by M"' Scriven.
Admitted pensioner under M"' Smithson, 15 Apr. 1668. Age 18.
B.A. (Mountague) 167| ; M.A. 1675, incorp''. Oxford 1680. Sixth son of
James of Laccham, the third son of the first Earl of Manchester (mat. 158|) :
his elder brother, Edward (whom see), adm"*. 1665: a still elder, James, was
at Sidney 1653 : on 20 Jul}- 1675 the King sent a mandate that Tho.
Montague was to have the next Fellowship. When D'' Carr's Fellowship was
vacant in 1675, the King (forgetful that he had recommended Montague) gave
Tho. Lynford a mandate on July 14. On July 22 came the repeated order to
take Montague ! But the society had lost no time and had elected Lynford.
Thomas Montague was rector of Burton Latimer 8 July 1676 and of Everdon,
Nortliants. 1683. Died at Burton, where he resided, 20 Jan. 171f aged 68 :
M.I. in chancel. He built the existing rectory-house, and planted elms still
standing. He made quaint entries in the parish-register (Rev. W. B. Jacques,
rector).
Thyrkill, Anthony : son of Francis : born at Ryhell, Ruts. Educated by
M'^ Scriven of [K]notting [see Tho. Montague above : was he his sizar ?].
Admitted sizar under M"' Smithson 16 April 1668. Age 19.
B.A. (Thirkil) 1671 Mids. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1671 Dec.
(as B.A. Christ's) : priest 1678 Sept. Vicar of Mundon, near Maldon, Essex,
5 May 1691 : died before April 1703.
Burnett, William : son of William : born in Essex. School : Northallerton,
under M'' Smelt. Admitted pensioner under M' [James] Leigh 18 April
1668. Age 17.
Matric''. 13 July 1668. Perhaps a relation of Thomas Burnett (1655), the
Fellow, and (later) Master of the Charterhouse, who was born at Croft-on-Tees
and educated at Northallerton.
Burnett, Robert : son of John : born at Hurworth [near Croft], Durham.
School : Northallerton, under M'' Smelt. Admitted pensioner under M"" Leigh
18 April 1668. Age 18.
B.A. 167i ; M.A. 1675. Perhaps younger brother of Tho. Burnett (1655).
Ordained deacon, Chichester, 1673 May.
Urwen, Thomas : [father not given] : born at Morpeth. School : Morpeth,
under M^ Lumsdaile [? Lumsden]. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington
23 April 1668. Age, almost 17.
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B.A. 167i; M.A. 1675. One Thomas Urwen, son of Will, was admitted
at the Middle Temple 4 May 1668; i.e. about the time when our man was
admitted here : if he be the same, he changed his course in life, as he is
probably the Tho. Urwen, vicar of Warden, Northumberland, 1704-30, when
he died, aged 80 (Hodgson, in. iii. 407).
Gilbert, Joshua : son of Michael : born at Aldbrougiit [Aldborough near
Boroughbridge]. School : Leeds, under M"' Gilbert, his brother [Michael, of
1658]. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 28 April 1668. Age 20.
B.A. 1671 ad Bapt. Son of Michael (1621), vicar of Aldborough (1629-77) :
Michael, his brother, was head-master of Leeds school, 1662-90. Joshua was
ordained deacon, York, 1671 June.
Lowe, James: son of John : born at Teuxbury [?Duxbury near Chorley], Lanes.
School : Kivington [also near Chorley], Lanes, under M'' Briers. Admitted
sizar under M"' Smithson 9 May 1668. Age 20.
Matric°. not found. Tiie will of John Lowe of Duxbury was proved at
Chester 1670 (E. Axon, Esq.).
Jones, Philip : son of Philip : born in South wark. School: (1) Southwark, under
M"' Augur : (2) Merchant Taylors' [11 Sept 1667], under M" Goad. Admitted
under M' Lovett (sizar to M"' Stanford) 13 May 1668. Age 19.
B.A. 1671 Mids. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1671 June.
Penning, Nicholas : son of Nicholas : born in London. School: Elmdon, Essex,
under M"' Howorth. Admitted pensioner under D"' Widdrington 14 May 1668.
Age 16.
Matric". not found. Fourth son of Nic. Penning, gent., of London : ad-
mitted at Lincoln's Inn 28 May 1668. A pedigree of the family in the Essex
Visitation of 1612 : but no special abode indicated : members of it in Suffolk
more than Essex.
Pye, John : son of John : born at Morpeth. School : Morpeth, under M'' Lumbs-
den. Admitted at Trin. Hall 3 June 1665 : at Christ's pensioner under
D' Widdrington 20 May 1668. Age 20.
B.A. 166f ; M.A. 1672. Son of John (adm''. 1633), rector of Morpeth
1646. Ordained priest, Ely, 1671 June. Rector of Morpeth, as B.A., in
March 167A : see Hodgson (ii. ii. 393) who gives a note from the Stamfordham
church-book : " John Pye of Morpeth exchanges with Ra. Fenwick of Stam-
fordham, 1672 : returns and dies at Morpeth 1691." It would seem that this
was also the rector of Bothal, near Mor[)eth, 1685-91, in which year he died.
(76. II. ii. 149.)
Jackson, Leonard : son of Richard : born at Whittington, Lanes. School :
(1) Lancaster, under M'' Holden : (2) Kirkby Lonsdale, under M"' Garthwaite
for a few months. Admitted sizar under M"' [Chris.] Bainbridge [who held
his Fellowship till Mids. 1669] 20 May 1668. Age 17.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1677. Born 21 April 1650, of Jane the second wife of
Richard (uiaf*. 1619) rector of Halton, then of Whittington near Kirkby
Lonsdale: half-brother of Francis (1649). Ordained deacon, Chichester,
1673 May: priest, York, 1676 May. Rector of Claughton in Lonsdale,
Lanes. 5 Sept. 1678: held it till 1681, when according to Croston-Baines
(5. 534) he died : but he pretty certainly is the same who resigned the
vicarage of Sheritt' Hutton before April 1700: and on 3 Feb. of the same
year he became rector of Tatham near Wennington. Added a steeple to the
church tower 1722. Died 1734: or 1726 (Croston-Baines, 5. 555) when at
all events he ceased to be rector, Robert Jackson succeeding. (Information
from B. N. North, Esq., Kirkby Lonsdale.)
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Stephenson, Henry : son of Thomas : born at Hutton, Cumberland. School :
Blencowe. Admitted sizar under M"' Covel 25 May 1668. Age 19.
B.A. 167^. Probably vicar of Brigham, near Cookermouth 27 Nov. 1673,
being then 24 years old as appears from the parish register. He died
19 Jan. 170^: M.I. in churchj'ard states that "He in his lifetime oft would
say, While watching, Lord take me away " : from which it may be inferred
that he was an invalid. (Rev. Canon J. T. Pollock, vicar.)
Cooke, Robert : son of Thomas : born at Bottisham, Cambs. School : Bottisham,
under M"' Tucker. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 1 June 1668. Age 16.
B.A. 167J; M.A. 1675. Ordained deacon, Chichester, 1673 May. Perhaps
the rector of Newmarket, 25 Oct. 1677 : who died 1681, aged 30.
Forster, Mark : son of Edward : born at Bourne, Cambs. School : Wainfleet,
Lines., under M'' Gibbs. Admitted under M'' Leigh, sizar to D' Hen. More
2 June 1668. Age 18.
B.A. 167|. Son of Edw. Forster (1627), vicar of Bourne 1639-61.
Ordained deacon, Norwich, 167| March, when he was licensed to be "usher
at King's Lynn and to read divine service " at St Nicholas : priest, 1674 Feb. :
and in.stituted to rectory of Clenchwarton, near Lynn 1 March 167|, on
presentation by Gervase Needham. Rector of North Lynn 31 Jan. 1711
(Blomefield, 4. 624). Died 17|» aged 70.
Hall, Philip : son of Matthew : born at Leventhorp in the parish of Swillington,
Yorks. School: Leeds, under M"' Gilbert [Michael adm. 1658]. Admitted
pensioner under M' Lovett 5 June 1668. Age 17.
Matric*. 13 July 1668. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 20 June 1668.
Greening, John : son of Thomas : born at Basford, Notts. School : Basford
(private), under M"' Harris. Admitted sizar under M'' Stanford, 25 June 1668.
Age 18.
Matric". not found.
Tench, Robert : B.A. of Oxford. Admitted pensioner under M"' Bainbridge,
1 July 1668. Age not given.
M.A. 1668. Matric<>. at Jesus College, Oxford 21 March 165f ; B.A.
(Hart Hall) 1665. Rector of Llanwrin, Montgomery, 1676 : cursal canon of
St Asaph 1691 : Prebendary (Meliden) 21 Apr. 1693. Died 1701, and buried
at Llanwrin.
Langley, Thomas : son of Samuel : born at Swetnam, Warw. [probably Swetten-
haui, Cheshire]. School : Taraworth, under M"' Antrobus. Admitted pensioner
under M"- Leigh 4 July 1668. Age 17.
B.A. 167A, incorpd. Oxford 1681; M.A. 1675. Baptised 19 Sept. 1651,
son of Sam. Langley, formerly Fellow (see vol. I. p. 464) who removed to Tam-
worth, wlien ejected from Swettenham in 1660. Ordained deacon, Lichfield,
1674 June ; priest, 1677 Sept. Vicar of Aston-Cantlow, Warw. 1679: and of
Kingsbury, 31 Jan. 168y. His son, John, was at Balliol, Oxford. Buried at
Aston Cantlow 14 May 1705 (Rev. F. A. Applewhaite, vicar).
Harding, Walter : son of George : of Staffs. School : Tarn worth, under M"' Antrobus.
Admitted under M"^ Leigh (sizar to D"' Hen. More) 4 July 1668. Age 18.
B.A. 167|.
Smith, Stephen : [father not given] : of Essex. Admitted pensioner under
M-- Covel 7 July 1668. Age 17.
Matric". not found. Perhaps Stephen, .son of Stephen Smith of Blackmore,
Essex, admitted at the Middle Temple 6 June 1671.
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NoUard, Samuel: [no facts]. Admitted sizar under M"' Covel 7 July 1668.
Age not given.
Matric*. 14 Dec. 1668 : not here in 1670.
Storer, John : son of John : born at Beckenham, Kent. School : private, under his
father. Admitted under M'^ Leigh (sizar to the Master) 8 July 1668. Age 16.
Matric". not found. Son of John Storer, M. A. (Emm.) at one time lecturer
at Beckenham : afterwards rector of Stowmarket ; which he resigned before
1662, and kept a school at Highgate. Admitted (as son of John Storer of
Highgate, gent, [sic]), at the Middle Temple 2 Feb. 1671.
Turner, John : son of Gregory : born in Suffolk. School : Bury, under M"' Leeds.
Admitted sizar under M"' Bainbridge 8 July 1668. Age 19.
B.A. 167i. Born at Brockford, near Wetheringsett. Ordained deacon,
Norwich, 167| Jan. : licensed to Wherstead, Suff. : priest, 16|^^.
Garnet, Thomas : son of Edward : born at Kirkby Lonsdale. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale, under M"' Garthwaite. Admitted sizar under M"' Fairmedow 9 July
1668. Age 17.
B.A. 167J. Ordained deacon, York, 1672 Sept. : priest, 1673 Sept. One
of these names was rector of Farthingstone, near Weedon (patron, Bp. of
Lincoln) after 1689; and buried there 10 Sept. 1714 (Bridges, 1. 64).
Slinger, Richard: [no facts]. Admitted sizar under M"' Covel 10 July 1668.
B.A. 1671 Mids. Possibly one of the Slingers of Little Hutton, Yorks.
One Ri. Slinger was eldest son of James of Northallerton; who died 1658
and left Richard £150 {Yorksh. Wills, 9. 139).
Comyns, Robert : admitted as Cummin: [father not given]. School: Northallerton,
under M"' Smelt. Admitted sizar under M' Fairmedow 23 July 1668. Age
not given.
B.A. (Commyns) 1674. One of these names second son of Joh. Comyns of
Dagenham, Essex, by Sarah Barlow of Barlow, Suffolk (Vis". 1664).
Hatch, Morryson : son of Joseph : born at Brent-pellum [-Pelham], Essex.
School : Stortford, under (1) M'' Leigh, (2) M'' Cudworth. Admitted pensioner
under M' Leigh, 4 Aug. 1668. Age 16.
Matric". 14 Dec. 1668.
Jenison, William : son of Ralph : born at Newcastle. School: (1) Newcastle,
(2) Berwick, under M"' Webb. Admitted pensioner under D"' Widdrington
6 August 1668. Age 16.
Matric"*. 14 Dec. 1668. Admitted, as third son of Ralph of Elswick,
Newcastle, at Lincoln's Inn 11 June 1670. Ralph, the father, was knighted at
Whitehall 1677 : was J. P. and D.L. : married Barbara, sister of Sir Fra. Bowes
of Thornton. William resided at Benwell, and was Town-clerk of Newcastle ;
married (1) Mary Ellison of Newcastle, (2) Barbara Reed of Chirton : was
buried at St Nicholas, Newcastle 20 Jan. 17 1|^. His son Will, was admitted
1692 : and his nephew, Ralph in 1691.
Sawrey, Miles : admitted as Milo : son of William : born at Hawkshead. School:
Hawkshead, under M'' Bordley. Admitted sizar under M'' Leigh 8 Sept. 1668.
Age 20.
Matric". not found. One Miles Sawrey master of Hawkshead school
1 Aug. 1671-72 (Croston-Baines, 5. 622).
Coulton, James: son of Thomas : born at Melmerby, Yorks. School : Sedbergh,
under M' Fell. Admitted sizar under M^ Lovett 14 Sept. 1668. Age 20.
Matric"*. 14 Dec. 1668. One Ja. Coulton rector of Little Stambridge,
Essex 15Feb. 168f, patron, the Crown. Died before June 1703 (Morant, 1. 321).
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Weld, Joseph : [father not given] : born at Braconash [Bracon-Ash] , Norfolk.
School : Norwich, under M'' Levering. Admitted pensioner under M'' Leigh
4 Nov. 1668. Age 16.
Matric''. 14 Dec. 1668. Joseph, son of Gascoyne Weld (admitted 1634):
grandson of Bishop Jos. Hall: admitted at the Middle Temple 5 June 1673.
Lived at Bracon-Ash (Blomefield, 3. 58).
Harvey, John :
Matric*. pen. 6 July 1667. Probably, John Harvey of Thurleigh, Beds., son
of John (adm. 1626) by his wife Elizabeth; baptised 27 Jan. 164^; a major
in the army, who died and was buried at Thurleigh 1715, the last heir male of
the elder branch of the Hervey family. John Hervey of lokworth, first Earl
of Bristol, records in his diary for 1699 how he went to Thurleigh in that
year to see his cousin " Major John Hervey, a very honest ingenious gentleman "
to arrange for the purchase of the home of their common ancestors. Further
negotiations were carried on for this purpose till 1707 : but they came to
nothing. (See W. M. Harvey, Hundred of Willey, Beds. 510.) This John
Harvey left by his will, dated 5 May 1713, a messuage in the parish of
St Mary, Bedford, " being a corner house in Cawdell Street, near the Church,"
to his wife, and after her death to trustees "for the maintenance of some poor
scholar of Christ's College, to be born in Thurleigh " or, in default of such, in
Bedfordshire : see under the father (vol. i. p. 375), who left £5 a year to the
University of Cambridge : this was limited by the son to what was probably
his own College. No settlement having been made by the father's executors,
Major Harvey had paid £5 annually till 1706 : in his will seven years later he
declared his grant to be in satisfaction of his father's intention. His executors
in 1715 refused to make a settlement or to pay the arrears from 1706 : but
the heirs at-law seem to have been complaisant, and a decree was made in
Chancery that =£150 (£50 for arrears) should be paid to a Master in Chancery
and by him invested in land. Nine acres of land at Stanningfield, Suffolk
were purchased, the income to be employed by the College according to Major
Harvey's will.
Sanders, Henry : son of Henry : born at Stortford. School : Stortford, under
(1) M'' Leigh, (2) M'' Cudworth. Admitted pensioner under M'' Leigh
30 Jan. 166|. Age 17.
B.A. 167| ; M.A. 1676. Ordained priest, London, 1680 June. Perhaps
rector of Nettleswell, Essex (patron, Rob. Pygot, armiger) 12 Oct. 1680.
Died 1716.
Spark, Richard : son of William, gent. : born at Blackawton, Devon. School :
Exeter, under M"- Witnall. Admitted at [Trin. Coll.] Oxford [22 June 1666]
aged 20: kept 12 terras there. Admitted at Christ's, pensioner, under
M-- Covel 22 Feb. 166|. Age 22.
B.A. 16f» ; M.A. 1673. Rector of North Leigh, Devon, 1676-1700 {Al
Ox. 1394).
More, James : son of James : born at Middleton, Westmoreland. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale, under M'' Garthwaite. Admitted sizar (afterwards pensioner) under
M'' Fairmedow, 1 March 166|. Age 15.
Matric"*. 5 April 1669. Perhaps son of Ja. More (or Moore) admitted 1623.
Spateman, John : son of Samuel : born at Derby. School : Derby, under
M"' Stones. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett 15 March 166-|. Age 14.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1676. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1673 Sept. : "priest,
1674 June. At Burton on Trent, but the dates unknown. Rector of Yoxall,
Staflfs. 29 Aug. 1705, where he died 16 Aug. 1728, aged 75. Married Mary,
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daughter of John Noble of Chorley, by whom he had six sons and six daugliters.
In his will (proved 13 Nov. 1728) he meutions estates at Osmaston, Derbs.
and Stranshall near Uttoxeter : left £10 to the poor of Burton on Trent, his
"first preferment"; £10 to the poor of St Werbergh, Derby, where he was
born : £80 to the poor of Yoxall. Not in the Spateman pedigree (Hunter,
F.M.G. 1058) though Samuels abound therein. His son, Walter, was at
Magdalen, Oxford 1705.
Warren, Thomas : son of John ; born at Kenton, Suflblk. School : Eye, under
M' Browne. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington 16 March 166f.
Age not given.
Matric"*. 5 April 1669. One of these names was vicar of Darsham, Suffolk,
1683-1706 : but possibly of St Catharine's (M.A. 1673).
Ford, Thomas : son of William : born at Ford-green, Staffs. School : Audlem,
Chesh., under M'' Coulton. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett, 20 March 166|-.
Age 18.
B.A. (Forde) 167|; M.A. 1676. Baptised 19 Feb. 165f, son of Will. Ford
and Ellen Rowley. Ordained deacon, London, 1673 Sept. : priest, 1676 Sept.
Vicar of Wymondley, Herts. 9 Nov. 1676: also of St Ippolyt's 16 March
168|- : had license not to reside 4 Sept. 1689. Died before 1710. His eldest
brother, Hugh, joined the Quakers, and suffered therefor. (Foster, Lanes.
pedigrees.)
Dell, John : son of William : born at Yevelden [Yielden], Beds. School : St Paul's,
under M'' Crumbleholme. Admitted pensioner under M'' Leigh 1 April 1669.
Age 16.
B.A. 167§, incorp". Oxford, 13 July 1675; M.A. 1676. Son of William Dell,
the intruded Master of Caius 1649-60 (who lived much at his rectory of Yielden
during his Mastership), the advocate of the establishment of Universities in all
great towns throughout England (Venn, 3. 93-99). John Dell was ordained
deacon, Peterborough, 1671 June; priest, Lincoln, 1685 Sept. : when he was
licensed to Stow, Bucks. Rector of Tilbrook, Beds, (near Yielden) 30 June
1691. Perhaps the rector of Woodford, Northants., who was buried at
Northill, Beds. 1 Sept. 1707 (Bridges, 2. 268).
*Waterhouse, Thomas : son of Jonas : born at Bradford. School : Bradford.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow 2 April 1669. Age 17.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1676, incorporated Oxford, 1680. His father Jonas
was a clerk, of Bradford where he was minister under the Commonwealth : in
1662 he did not conform : but retained so much right over the living that
with the Dowager Lady Maynard in 1667 he presented Abr. Brooksbank of
Christ's : Jonas died 1716 aged 90. Ordained deacon and priest, London, 1676
May. Elected Fellow before Xmas 1675 on the death of John Andrewes.
Senior Taxor 1685: Junior Proctor 1690. A careless Praelector. Took a
considerable number of pupils from 1680 to about 1695, when Daniel Duck-
field's reign began. On Chris. Bainbridge's death he was presented to Clipston
18 March 169| : where he was buried 19 March 170| (Bridges, 2. 21).
The Waterhouses were very numerous in the W^est Riding, especially about
Halifax. Two brothers admitted under Thomas (Benjamin in 169| and David,
1698) were born at Wakefield. John, admitted 1628, was a cousin about five
degrees removed.
Oldroyd, Joshua : son of Joseph [or Joshua] : born at Duesbury [Dewsbury],
Yorks. School : Thornhill, under M'' Wisson. Admitted pensioner under
M'' Fairmedow 2 April 1669. Age 16.
B.A. 1675; M.A. 1676. Ordained priest, York, 1680 Sept. Vicar of
Birstall 11 Aug. 1680: died before August 1681.
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Allen, Thomas : admitted as AUein : son of John : born at Snasholm [?], Yorks.
School : Kirkby Lonsdale, under M'' Garthwaite. Admitted sizar under
M"- Fairmedow 5 April 1669. Age 18.
Matric'3. July 1671: B.A. (Allen) 167|; M.A. 1676. Ordained deacon,
York, 1673 Sept. 21 ; priest, Sept. 28.
One of these names was rector of Thornton, Bucks. 3 Sept. 1709.
Allen, Cuthbert : admitted as Allein : son of John : born at Snasholm [1], Yorks.
Brother of John, above. School : same. Admitted sizar under M'' Fairmedow
5 April 1669. Age 16.
B.A. (Allen) 167f ; M.A. 1676. Ordained deacon, York, 1673 Sept. 21 :
priest, Sept. 28.
Metcalfe, Peter: son of Francis: born at Leeds. School : Leeds, under M'' Gilbert.
Admitted sizar (afterwards pensioner) under M"^ Lovett 6 April 1669. Age 16.
B.A. 1672 Mids. Said in Lambeth Register 1681 to have been ordained
deacon at York "nine years ago" : but I did not find his name. On 26 Feb.
168y he was presented to the rectory of Foot's Cray, Kent, and petitioned to
be ordained priest by the Bishop of Lincoln, or any other bishop.
Browne, William : son of Francis : born at Eye, Suffolk. School : Eye, under
M'' Browne. Admitted pensioner under M"' Covel 6 April 1669. Age 17.
Matric". (Magd.) 9 July 1670 : B.A. (Magd.) 167|. One Will. Browne, B.A.,
was vicar of Adlingfleet, Yorks. 7 Aug. 1693 : died vicar before Aug. 1710.
Palgrave, Nathaniel : son of John, eques auratus : born at " Burningham "
[1 Burnham], Norfolk. School : Holt, under M'' Bainbridge. Admitted
pensioner under M'' Lovett 7 April 1669. Age 18.
Matric". pen. from Emm. 9 July 1670: B.A. (Emm.) 167|; M.A. 1676.
Rector of Bayfield, Norfolk 29 April 1674, patron John Jermy : held it till
1705 (Blometield, 5. 899) : same day rector of Letheringsett : to which his
successor, according to Blometield {ib. 939) came in 1745 ! Also rector of
Hackford, near Attleborough, 1689-1706 (i6. 4. 390).
Bainbridge, Nicholas : son of Cuthbert : of Durham [Dunelmensis]. School :
Holt, under M"' Bainbridge [? Ri. (1655)]. Admitted sizar (later pensioner)
under M"- Oovel 7 April 1669. Age 17.
Matric'i. pen. 6 July 1671 : M.B. 1674; M.D. 1681.
Hall, Charles: son of Richard: born at Barlow Lees, Derbs. School: Wirk.s-
worth, under M'' Crosdale. Admitted sizar under M"' Smithson 7 April 1669.
Age 16.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1676. Baptised 3 March 1651; son of Richard Hall
of Barlow Lees, by his wife Mary, daughter and coheir of Will. Fox of Harrich,
Lines. (Hunter, F.M.G. 567). Rector of Kettlethorpe 24 July 1690, on the
deprivation of Ri. Hall a non-juror : patron, Tho. Hall, Esq. Prebendary of
Lincoln (Wilton Paynshall) 25 April 1700 on the death of Dean Fuller; and
on the death of Dean Campion next year. Hall was obliged to resign to make
room for the Dean, third in order, to be made a canon. (Le Neve, 2. 232.)
He married Eliz. Skoles of Leeds (Hunter) by whom he had four sons of whom
Gilbert was adm''. 1711. Died before Sept. 1728, when his son Gilbert was
presented by Cha. Hall of Harrington. Ri. Hall his predecessor gave to the
church in 1690 a silver paten with the inscription AISKOC ATIGC — the
name used in the Eastern Church — to which the non-jurors made overtures.
[Inform", from Rev. James Bell, rector.] The vicar of Inningham (? Ingham),
Lines. 27 Dec. 1710, was probably a younger man.
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Hackett, Thomas: son of Thomas : of Derbyshire. School: Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
under M'' Shaw. Admitted at Emmanuel [date left blank] then at Christ's,
sizar, under M' Stanford 15 April 1669. Age not given.
But he either never came or he returned to Emmanuel, where he was B.A.
167^: M.A. (Queens') 1680.
Boston, Laurence : [father not given] : born at Toynton All Saints, Lines.
Educated by M'' Robotham. Admitted sizar under D' Widdrington 16 April
1669. Age 18.
B.A. 167f. Perhaps son of Laurence Boston of 1635. Librarian, 1669.
Possibly rector of Mablethorpe, Lines. 16 Oct. 1675, presented by Robert,
Earl of Lindsay. Rector of Hal ton Holgate near Spilsby 5 May 1691 : but
he did not reside there, and signed only once : he died before Feb. 169| : but
was not buried there. It is possible that the rector of Halton was the elder
Laurence.
Armitstead, Hugh : [so admitted : but only a Christopher matriculated] : son of
Christopher : born at Giggleswick. School : Giggleswick, under M' Briggs.
Admitted under M'' Lovett (sizar to D'' Carr) 17 April 1669. Age 18.
B.A. (Christopher) 167|. There may have been both a Hugh (unmatric"*.)
and a Christopher (admission omitted) : but it is less likely.
Bateson, John : admitted as Baitson : son of George : born at Bollen [? Bolton by-
Bolland], Lanes. School : Sedbergh, under M'' Fell. Admitted sizar under
M'- Lovett 17 April 1669. Age 18.
Matric^. 8 July 1669. See Rob. Bateson (1653).
Drake, William : son of William : born at Barnoldswick-Coates, Yorks. Scliool :
Erby [Earby near Skiptou], under M'' Rakes. Admitted pensioner under
M'- Lovett 20 April 1669. Age 17.
Matric'J. 8 July 1669. Admitted at Gray's Lm 9 Feb. 16«|. Son of
Will. Drake of Barnoldswick by his wife Mary Stillington of Belfield. Married
Abigail Yates of Stanlej^ House, Lanes. Had two sons, William, who suc-
ceeded him, and Francis. Buried at Thornton 1687 (Hunter, F.M.G. 1155).
Leigh, Samuel : son of Ralph : born at Westwood, Staffs. School : Wirksworth,
under M"' Crosedale. Admitted sizar under M"' Covel 22 April 1669. Age 19.
Matric'i. 8 July 1669.
Waterhouse, — : [no facts : probably came into residence later]. Admitted
sizar under M"' Fairmedow 23 April 1669.
B.A. (Thomas) 1674 Mids. Not the same as Tho. Waterhouse admitted
above April 2. Ordained, as of Christ's, deacon, York, 1675 Sept. : priest,
1676 Sept. Probably rector of Hemingbrough near Howden, Yorks. 19 March
167|-. Vicar of Misson near Bawtry, Notts. 19 Nov. 1680 : where he seems
never to have resided : a new vicar, J. Foss, appears in 1716. Misson was
long held together with the neighbouring parish of Everton. (Inform", from
Rev. F. W. Keene, vicar.)
Audley, Hugh : son of Robert : born at Warden, Beds. School : Knotting, Beds.,
under M'' Scriven. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 30 April 1669.
Age 17. .
Matric*. 8 July 1669. Perhaps akin to Hugh Audley, the "notorious
moneylender," who died 1662 (D.N.B.).
Brooke, John : son of Thomas : born at Dodsworth, Yorks. School ; Bradford,
under M"' Sturdy. Admitted under M^ Fairmedow (sizar to D'' Carr) 30 April
1669. Age 17.
B.A. 1671 : M.A. 167G. Born 3 Jan. 1651 : fifth son of Tho. Brooke of
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Dodsworth, gent., by his wife Jane Beighton, of Beighton. Ordained priest,
York, 1677 Deo. Licensed to the cure of Woolley (?) in the parish of Royston
in the West Riding 25 April 1682. Rector of High Hoyland 20 Jan. 168| :
and apparently again presented 3 June 1695. Married Anne, daughter of
Will. Gates of North Denby, Yorks. {Yo7-ks. Arch. Journal, 12. 40). Made
collections for West Riding genealogies. Purchased Field Head, where he
died of a paralytic stroke 27 Nov. 1725 aged 73 (Hunter, S. Yorks. 2. 365 ;
and F.M.G. 765).
His nephew, Thomas, admitted 168|^.
Raven, William. : son of John : born at Croxton, Leics. \sic\. School : Ockam
[Oakham], under M"' Love. Admitted under M'' Covel (sizar to M'' Bain-
bridge) 5 May 1669. Age 18.
B.A. 1672 Mids. It was probably his father, of the Inner Temple, who
gave XI 5 to the New Building ; and had from the College a lease of Croxton
Parsonage (in Norfolk) 1640 : but I do not find him as a member of the
College. There are four leases, beginning 1615 and ending 1658 : the first
may be to an earlier John Raven.
Noton, Thomas : son of William : born at Wirksworth, Derbs. School : Wirks-
worth, under M"' Crosedale. Admitted under M'' Covel (sizar to M'' Bainbridge)
6 May 1669. Age 18.
B.A. 167|.
Weddell, John: son of John: born at Widdington [\ Wigginton], Yorks. School:
Bradford, under M' Sturdy. Admitted pensioner under M"' Fairmedow 11 May
1669. Age 16.
MatriCi. 8 July 1669. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 8 Feb. 167^. Son of
John of Bradford. A member of a family of lawyers, of Bradford stock, who
were great moneylenders and thereby acquired much property in the neigh-
bourhood of Bradford. John, the father, was according to Oliver Heywood
{Diaries, 3. 191) "as great an attorney as any in tlie country, raised to a
great estate of late, and hath built a sumptuous new house near the church."
He died suddenly in London, 20 June 1672. His son John married in 1680
Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Jones, Justice of the King's Bench, a man who
according to Macaulay never except on one occasion " shrank from any
drudgery however cruel or servile." By her he had two sons, Edward and
Charles of Wallow Hall, Bolland, Yorks. He was alive in 1697. A Weddell
pedigree (Hunter, F.M.G. 1259) does not contain these names.
Wheatley, John : son of Thomas : born at " Emby " \sic : probably Emlay, near
Huddersfield]. School: Flucton [perhaps Flockton near Wakefield], under
M"- Wigglesworth. Admitted sizar under M"' Leigh 21 May 1669. Age 16.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1678. Probably sixth son of Tho. Wheatley, a colonel
in the King's army who married Elizabeth, daughter of Tho. Oldfield of
Wadland (Hunter, S. Yorks. 2. 386). Ordained deacon, York, 1673 May:
priest, 1678 Sept. : licensed to preach in the diocese 5 July 1678.
Nicholson, John : son of William : born at Richmond. School : Richmond,
under M"' Parvin. Admitted sizar under M"' Leigh 21 May 1669. Age 19.
B.A. 167§; M.A. 1697. Ordained deacon, York, 1673 May: subscription
for priest's orders on 19 July 1674 made in the register, but crossed out.
Shilton, John : son of Joseph : born at Shistock [Shustoke], Warw. School :
Burton on Trent, under M'' Hazard [Michael, adm. 1662]. Admitted sizar
under M'' Stanford 26 May 1669. Age 15.
B.A. 1672 Mids. Succeeded his former master at his former school if he
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be the M' Shilton who was head-master of Burton in and before 1697 — gone
before 1708 (St John's Adm. book).
Midford, William : son of Robert : born at Midford, Northumb'^. Taught at
home by M'' Spinck, afterwards in Scotland. Admitted pensioner under
D'' Widdrington 28 May 1669. Age not given.
Matric". not found. Resided till Lady Day 1671. Robert, the father, aged
3 in 1615, was then heir to his grandfather Robert (Visitations in Genealogist,
'2. 122). He married Philadelphia Wharton of Gillingwood. Their son,
William, was ordained deacon, Ely (as Mitford), 167" March. Rector of
Elsdon, Northumb"*. 1674-1715: died and buried there (Hodgson, ii. ii. 47
and 51).
Curtoys, John : [father not given] : born at Wilford, Notts. School : Notting-
ham, under M'' Birch. Admitted sizar under M"^ Stanford 5 June 1669. Age 16.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1676. Son of Leonard Curtoys (rector of Wilford for
33 years, died 1685). Ordained priest, York, 1674 June: curate of Norton,
Lines. Perhaps vicar of Sa.'cby (as Curtis) 1 July 1676. Insf^. to Norton
20 April 1687 : resigned 1692. Rector of Clay Coton, Northants. 1692, and
died 1697, aged 44. His wife Elizabeth died 1717 and was buried at Wilford.
(Information from Rev. A. Curtois, of Lincoln.)
Barker, Richard : son of Robert : born at Bolton [probably Bolton-le-sands],
Lanes. School : Warton [near Carnforth], under M'' Holder. Admitted under
M'' Fairmedow (sizar to M'' Burnet) 15 June 1669. Age 19.
Matric". not found.
Corlas, William : son of Henry : born at Newsam [1 Newsome near Huddersfield],
Yorks. School : Sedbergh, under JP Fell. Admitted under M"' Lovett (sizar
to M"' Burnet) 15 June 1669. Age not given.
B.A. 167f. Ordained deacon, York, 1674 June: priest, London, 1677
June. Rector of Newton Kyme, Yorks. 2 Aug. 1677-1682. Rector of Long
Marston 3 March 168 J. Married Dorothy, daughter of Bryan Dickinson,
Feb. 16|^ {Northoivram Register, 46). Died at Marston before May 1694.
Burnet, Henry : son of William : born at Lowton [Loughton], Essex. School :
"Thames" [sic: ? Thames Ditton, Surrey]. Admitted pensioner 15 June 1669
[tutor not given]. Age 17.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1675.
Wood, Christopher: [father not given]: born at Newton [at Wakefield, according
to Norwich Register], Yorks. School : Wakefield, under M"' Bolton. Admitted
under M' Leigh (.sizar to D' Carr) 15 June 1669. Age 17.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1676. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1673 Sept.: licensed
to Crostwick, near Norwich : priest, York, 167|- Feb.
Hodson, John : son of Thomas : born at Ringstead, Norfolk. School : Scarning,
under M'' Burton. Admitted under M'' Lovett (sizar to M'' Standish) 17 June
1669. Age 17.
B.A. 167§ ; M.A. 1676. Baptised at Ringstead St Andrew 11 Nov. 1650,
youngest child of Tho. and Cecily Hodson, born Mann : the father (admitted
1626) was rector 1639-61. Ordained priest, Norwich, 1674 Dec. : licensed to
Dry Docking 1674-5. Vicar of Holme, Hunstanton 1675-1704 : of Thornham
1679-1704, and of Titchwell 1687 (both between Holme and Brancaster). He
inherited property from his mother at all these places, and also at Ringstead.
Master of Brancaster school, where he taught his sons John (adm'^. 1699) and
Henry (169^).
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Dickenson, William : son of Thomas : [birthplace not given, but perhaps
Boroughbridge]. School : Boroughbridge, under M"' Leemin. Admitted under
M"' Lovett (sizar to M"' Standish) 17 June 1669. Age 16.
Matric'*. 8 July 1669. One of these names B.A. (Pemb.) 167| ; M. A. 1680,
but a different man.
Trigg, Matthew : son of Matthew : born " Strettoniae campis " [Stretton-en-le-
field], Derbs. School : Repton [Repondiae], under [Jos.] Sedgwick, " vir
clarissimus " [formerly Fellow]. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett
18 June 1669. Age 17.
B.A. 167§; M.A. 1676. Matthew (the father) was of Caius 1627, and
rector of Stretton, 1642-76 (Venn, 1. 282). Ordained deacon, Peterborough,
1674 June. Probably rector of Hathern, Leics. 5 June 1682 : died there
before Sept. 1691.
Long, Peter : son of John : born at Knutsford, Cheshire. School : Knutsford,
under M'' Turner. Admitted under M'' Fairmedow (sizar to M' Andrewes)
19 June 1669. Age 19.
Matric". not found. There was an inscription on a stone in Knutsford
churchyard "Peter Long dyed the 31 May 1679." (Owen mss. xiii. 22 —
communicated by E. Axon, Esq.)
Hutchinson, Simon : son of James : born at Halwith [?], Yorks. School : Rich-
mond, under M'' Parving. Admitted sizar under M'' Leigh 19 June 1669.
Age 17.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1676. Ordained deacon, York, 1673 May: priest,
1674 Dec. Rector of Tanfield near Ripon before 1685 (see our Admission
book) : was rector at his death in 1725. (Information from A. Williamson, Esq.)
Buckton, Richard : admitted as Bucton : son of James : born at " Snaza " [sic Hhe
same as " Suasholm," where Tho. and Cuthb. Allein (above) were born],
Yorks. School : Gales [sic] under M'' Coales [?Coates]. Admitted sizar under
M"- Leigh 19 June 1669. Age 18.
Matric''. 8 July 1669 " Ri. Buckton, scholar," buried at Great St Andrew's
3 April 1670.
Pye, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Whitehouse, Northumb"*. School :
Morpeth, under M"^ Spink. Admitted sizar under D' Widdrington 23 June
1669. Age 18.
B.A. 167|^. Perhaps the father was the rector of Elsdon, admitted 1639.
Thomas, the son, was ordained deacon, York, 1673 May. Vicar of Stamford-
ham, Northumberland, 20 April 1676. Probably father of William admitted
1694 as born at " Stannerton," i.e. Stamfordham.
Dawkins, William : [father not given] : born at Llangadock " in comitatu
Maridunensi." [No school.] Admitted under M'' Lovett (sizar to D' More)
23 June 1669. Age 17.
Matric'". 8 July 1669 from Christ's: but moved to St John's. M.B. (St
John's) 1674; M.D. 1679. Son of Jenkin Dawkins, co. Carmarthen, bred at
Boxrood ; admitted at St John's sizar for D"' Gunning, surety M"' Crouch,
25 Oct. 1669 ; aged 17 : (having been previousl}' admitted at Christ's) on the
testimony of Tho. Burnet, Ja. Leigh, and Tho. Lovett.
Watson, Daniel : son of Daniel : born at Burton on Trent. School : Burton,
under M'' Hazard. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Stanford 24 June
1669. Age not given.
Matric*. 9 July 1670. Daniel (the father) of Gray's Inn was second son
of Henry Watson late of Burton on Trent, M.P. for Lichfield 1659 and 1660.
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He was an utter-barrister of Gray's Inn, and Steward of the City of Liclifield.
He married Rebecca, daughter of Edw. Villers of Hanbury, aunt of Isaac
Villers (167i). Daniel (his son) was admitted at Gray's Inn 21 July 1670.
Brother of Edward (167i). Married Mary, fifth daughter of Sir Tho. Gresley,
bart. {Staffs. Vis\ 1663)1
Coales, John : possibly Coates : son of John : born at Ripley, Yorks. School :
Ripley. Admitted under M' Fairmedow (sizar to M'' Bolton) 24 June 1669.
Age 17.
The name might be either, as Cha. Smithson, the Praelector, never crosses
a i, and Coates is a common spelling of Cotes : Edm. Coates was admitted
166.3. Matric". not found.
Barnard, John : son of Robert : born at Sanford [Sampford], Essex. School :
Burntwood [Brentwood], under M'' Barnard. Admitted sizar under M'' Covel
5 Jidy 1669.' Age 18.
B.A. (Bernard) 1672 Mids. Ordained deacon, London, 1672 Sept.;
licensed to Little Wanley, Essex. One of these names rector of Hazeleigh,
Essex, 22 Dec. 1674 (patron, M"' John Allen) : resigned in 1681. One (M.A.)
Chaplain to the Earl of Sussex, rector of Wraxall, Dorset, had dispensation
27 Jan. 1674 to hold also the rectory of Chilfroome, distant one mile. (There
was a John Barnard M.A. (Jesus) 1665.)
Atton, George : son of William : born at Branston [Bramston], Ruts. School
not given. Admitted at Sidney 26 May 1665. Admitted at Christ's pen-
sioner under M'' Fairmedow 7 July 1669.
M.B. 1670: M.D. 1675. I do not know where he practised; but he died
25 July 1707 aged 57; and was buried at Chesterfield : M.I. (Glover, 2. 271).
Fuller, Thomas : son of Ignatius : born at Sherington, Bucks. School : Strixton,
under M'' Farrow. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 7 July 1669.
Age 15.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1676; D.D. 1689. Rector of Bishop Hatfield, Herts.
26 Jan. 1684. Gave £10 to beautify the Chapel in 1702. Preached a
visitation sermon at Stevenage, 6 Aug. 1703, on Phil. 1. 27, 28. (Cole.)
Dudson, Samuel : son of William : born at Hopton, Derbs. School : Wirks-
worth, under M'' Crosedale. Admitted sizar under M'' Smithson 7 July 1669.
Age 18.
B.A. 1672 Mids. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1673 Sept. : priest, 1679
June. Vioar of Alfreton, Derbs. 10 June 1697 and held it till his death : he
■was buried in the churchyard 11 Feb. 173|. His son Will, (admitted at
St John's 1709 aged 18) was born at Barwick in Elmet : possibly he was there
before Alfreton.
Green, Francis : [father not given] : of Beds. School : " Hocley " [probably
Hocklifte, Bed.s.] under M' [Rob.] Stackhouse. Admitted sizar under M"' Leigh
9 Sept. 1669. Age 18.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1677. Vicar of East Claydon, Bucks. 14 Sept. 1680—
having been ordained priest at Lincoln 1674 Sept. : given as of this College by
Lipscombe (1. 171). Died vicar 1741.
Chapman : [no Christian name or facts]. Admitted sizar (with his brother,
— Chapman) under M"' Lovett 14 Sept. 1669.
Ambrose Chapman, B.A. 1673 ; M.A. 1677. Born at Hawkedon, SuflFolk,
before 1650. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1673 May ; licensed to Naughton,
Suff. : priest 16X» March. Vicar of Frarasden 19 Oct. 1681 : perhaps till
1710.
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Chapman : [no Christian name or facts]. Admitted sizar with his brother [above]
under M"- Lovett 14 Sept. 1669.
Edmund Chapman, B.A. 1673 Mids. ; M.A. 1677. Ordained deacon, Nor-
wich, 1673 May : licensed to Brettenham, SuflP. : priest, London, 16|§ March.
Rector of Lammarsh 10 March 16|» : died before Nov. 1690 (Tanner ms.).
Church, James: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 14 Sept.
1669.
B.A. 167f; M.A. 1676.
Smalhorn : [no Christian name and no facts]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett
13 Oct. 1669.
Matric". not found.
Windham, John : son of Thomas, armiger : born at Felbrigg, Norfolk. School :
Elmdon, Essex, under M"' Howorth. Admitted fellow-commoner under
D-- Widdrington 1 Dec. 1669. Age 16.
Matric-i. 9 July 1670. M.A. {per lit. reg.) 1671. Son of Thomas Windham
of Felbrigg Hall by his second wife Eliz., daughter of Sir John Mead of Lofts
Hall: younger brother of Thomas (1661) and Will. (1663). Admitted at
Lincoln's Inn 5 June 1671. Married four times: (1) Jane Godfrey of
Hindringham : (2) a daughter of Roger Townsend : (3) Dorothy Ogle of
Bardwell : (4) Frances, daughter of Arthur, Earl of Anglesey : but died
without issue (Blometield, 4. 309). See under Thomas (1661).
TyfTen, William : son of John : born at Godmanchester, Hunts. School :
Huntingdon, under M'' Tayler. Admitted sizar under M' Fairmedow 8 Dec.
1669. Age 17.
B.A. 167J; M.A. 1677. A brother (?) John was admitted at St John's
166^ as son of John, bookseller of Godmanchester.
Metcalfe, Michael:
M.A. 1676. Admitted at Magdalen, Oxford 166f, as son of Matt, of
Appersaid, Yorks. B.A. 1670 ; M.A. (Christ's) 1676. Ordained deacon,
York, 1681 Sept. ; priest, London, 1681 Nov. Rector of Little Thurrock,
Essex 1 Dec. 1681. Had license (as a widower, aged 38) 11 Feb. 169^ to
marry Eliza Ellis of Mucking, Essex : another 27 June 1692, to marry
Jane Ellis also of Mucking — presumably the deceased wife's sister. Died
rector 1697. His brother Matt, was admitted here 1682.
Armstead, Robert : son of Robert : born at Thurlby, Lines. School : Melton,
under M' Stoakes. Admitted pensioner under M"' Covel 13 Jan. 16|^^.
Age 18.
Matric''. 9 July 1670. Admitted (as Armestead) at Gray's Inn 28 June
1671. Probably migrated, and B.A. (Emm.) 1676.
Umfrevill, William : son of William, armiger : born at Langham, Essex. School :
Dedham. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington 21 Jan. 16f^. Age 15.
B.A. (Umfrevile) 167f ; M.A. 1677 ; D.D. 1690. Son of William of Lang-
ham by his second wife, Isabel Sap worth. Rector of Bawdsey, Suff. 15 June
1677. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Nat. Brackenbury, widow of John
Marr of Broxted. (Davy says that he was rector of St Andrew's, Holborn ;
also Surtees (2. 396) : but he does not appear in Newcourt or in Hennessy :
possibly he was Lecturer.) Died 15 Apr. 1706. His son Charles, admitted
1720, a^ed 20, was bora in London, and educated at Newcastle: the family
belongs to the North : see pedigree in Surtees {I.e.).
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Cole, Edmund : eldest son of Ralph, bart. : born at Bi-ancepeth, Durham.
School : Durham. Admitted fellow-commoner under D'' Widdrington 23 Jan.
IQj^. Age not given.
Matric''. 9 July 1670.
Hawkins, Edward : son of Edward : born at Stortford. School : Stortford,
under M'' Cudworth. Admitted pensioner under M"' Leigh 3 [perhaps 30]
Jan. 16f^. Age 17.
Matric''. (as sizar) 9 July 1670. Admitted at the Inner Temple 15 Nov.
1671.
Sillet, Richard : [father not given] : born at Horringer, Suffolk. School : Bury,
under M'' Leeds. Admitted sizar under M'' Covel 4 Feb. 16i^. Age 16.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1677. Died 10 July 1687 at Horringer, aged 34: and
buried there (S.H.A.H.).
Stilloman, — : [no Christian name or facts]. Admitted pensioner under
M-- Covel 16f^.
Perhaps a Styleman. Matric". not found.
Massey, Samuel : [father not given] : born at Thistleton, Ruts. School : Har-
borough. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 16 Feb. 16SJ. Age 15.
B.A. 167|; M.A. not found: but ordained deacon, Lincoln, as Sam.
Massey, M.A. of Christ's, 1679 June, and licensed to Weedon Pinckney,
Northants.
Boteler, Thomas : son of Robert : born in London. School : Felstead, under
M'' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Leigh 25 Feb. 16^^. Age 17.
Matric'^. 9 July 1670. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 18 May 1672.
Hatton, Richard : son of George : born at Chowbent, Lanes. Taught by
M'' Tayler. Admitted at Trinity College 18 April 1668, according to letters
testimonial. Admitted at Christ's sizar under M'' Leigh 27 Feb. l&S-i
Age 21.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1676. Probably vicar of Deane, near Bolton, Lanes.
4 Dec. 1672: patron, the Crown: Chowbent is some miles south of Deane.
According to Croston-Baines (3. 130) he did not renounce the Covenant, and
his institution did not take place till 22 Nov. 1673 : and he was twice in-
ducted, for the second time 6 Dec. 1673. He appointed a Nonconformist like
himself to the chapel of Horwich whence in later years trouble arose. He
died 1712. See Hallej', Nonconformity in Lanes., 2. 160.
Sym[m], John: B.A., admitted pensioner under M"^ Burnet 18 March 165g. He
was B.A. (Sidney) 1648, and brought letters testimonial. A Tho. Symm
(perhaps by error for John) appears M.A. (Christ's) 1670, in Cat. Graduatoruni,
1659-1800. One John Symm (or Symmes), clerk, was rector of Goxhill in
Holdernessll Feb. 166^^-1689: and being chaplain to Christopher, Duke of
Albemarle had license from Lambeth 21 March 165^ (" having given testi-
monials of conformity and of good life, and been examined by M''Tho. Tomkins
domestic chaplain ") to hold also the rectory of Langton near New Malton,
distant 20 miles: instituted 29 March 1670. Poulton's statement that John
Symm vacated Goxhill by death is wrong. He vacated Langton as a non-juror
1690. His successor and son-in-law, Tho. Watson (B.A. Pet. 1685) was
instituted June 14: and Mary Watson died at Langton Nov. 1693. John
Symmes was living in 1696. His wife Ursula was buried at Goxhill 12 Sept.
1668. She had three sons at a birth, who all died. (Information from Rev.
A. Hippisley Smith, vicar of Langton.)
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Knight, Isaac : son of Ralph, miles : born at Langhorn [sic], Yorks. Taught by
M"' Bernard. Admitted pensioner under M'' Stanford 30 March 1670. Age 17.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1677. Probably of Langold in the parish of Letwell,
near Rotherham (Hunter, 5. Yorks. 1. 299). His motlier was Faith, daughter
of Will. Dickinson, vicar of Rotherham. Received under his father's will in
1689 the advowson of Warsop, Notts, and the right to £1000, due from the
exchequer. Married Ela, daughter of Sir Joh. Robinson of Denstou, Suff.
who died 1767 aged 84. He died 13 Sept. 1721 aged 68, leaving a son Ralph,
of Langold (died s.p.), and a daughter Elizabeth who married D'' Henry Gaily,
afterwards Gally-Kiiight.
Shelmerdine, William: admitted as Shezmerdine: [father not given]: of Derbs.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Stanford i April 1670. Probably a descendant
of Tho, Shelmerdine (mat. 1618), and father of Daniel (1652) : vicar of Crich
and of Matlock, who died after 1662.
Matric". not found. There was a John Shelmerdine, B.A. of Magdalene,
1678.
Holt, William : [father not given] : born at Kino[u]lton, Notts. School : Ashby-
de-la-Zouch. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 6 April 1670. Age not
given.
B.A. 167f. Buried ("Sir Hoult") at Great St Andrew's 26 March 1675.
Frost, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Cowledge [Oowlinge], Suff. School :
Bury, under M'' Leedes. Admitted sizar under M'' Fairmedow 6 April 1670.
Age 18.
B.A. 167|. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1674 June: and licensed to
Rougham, near Bury. Appointed Mich. 1675 usher of the Grammar School,
King's Lynn. His time there was short. " M'' Thomas Frost was buried
Oct. 5"', 1675" ( Register of St Margaret's Church : inform", from 41. S. Harper).
Neale, John : son of George : born at Leeds. School : Flockton [near Wake-
field], under M'' Wigglesworth. Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow
IS April 1670. Age 14.
George, the father, was M.D. of Leeds, and married Eliz., daughter of
Francis Jackson, alderman of Leeds. The son seems to have followed his
father's steps and practised medicine at Doncaster for 50 years : he married
(1) a Miss Copley of Batley : (2) a Miss Washington of Adwick : died 23 Nov.
1731, aged 77 (which nearly agrees) : buried at Doncaster : M.I. : called therein
Medicinae Doctor : not obtained at Cambridge or at Oxford. (Hunter,
S. Forks. 1. 45.)
Rigby, Edward : son of Edward : born at Preston, Lanes. School : Preston,
under M"' More. Admitted pensioner under D' Widdrington 21 April 1670.
Age 16.
Matric'^. 8 July 1670. Admitted at Gray's Inn 7 June 1670 : second son
and heir apparent of Edward, Serjeant-at-law and Reader of Gray's Inn, a
man of note (1627—86) who sat for Preston in three parliaments; he was son
of Alexander Rigby, the Parliamentarian general. His second wife was
Anne Molyneux of Teversall, wlio.se brother John was at Christ's in 1640 and
her nephew, Francis, in 1672. Edward, the younger, was M.P. for Preston,
1701, and died 1708 : unless this be a grandson of the original Edward.
(Fishwick, Preston, 373, 378.) One Edw. Rigby was admitted at Douai 1689.
(Douai Diaries, 84.)
Theobald, Francis : eldest son of Sir Francis, knight : born in Suffolk. School :
Thetford, under M'' Keen. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Andrewes
26 April 1670. Age 16.
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Matric". not found. Admitted at Gray's Inn 26 Nov. 1670 : eldest son of
Sir Francis of Barking St Mary, near Needham, Suffolk, by his wife Anne
Nightingale of Newport, Essex. Sir Francis, the father, was sheriff of Suffolk
1664 : and was knighted 1669. (Le Neve's Knights, in Harl. Soc, 222.)
Peppen, William : son of George : born at Ringshall, Suffolk. School : Bury, under
M'' Leedes. Admitted sizar under M"' Andrewes 26 April 1670. Age 16.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1677. Son of George, rector of Ringshall: born at
Westbrook in Ringshall, near Needham. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1674
Feb.: licensed to Ringshall as curate to his father: priest, 1677 Sept.:
licensed to Cotton St Andrew, of which he was rector between 1697 and
1702, while resident at Stoke Ash. Rector of Stoke Ash 1678-1710, where
he died 2 March 17^g^. Patron of Ringshall, to which he presented his son
Will. Peppen B.A. (Trin.) 1704 on 16 March 170|. His widow Margaret
was buried by her husband in the chancel 9 Se]>t. 1719. (Information from
Rev. E. 0. J. Bo wen, rector.)
Killingbeck, Thomas : son of Richard : born at Barrowby, Yorks. School :
Bradford, under M'' Sturdy. Admitted pensioner under M"' Fairmedow
30 April 1670. Age 17.
Matric''. 8 July 1670. Possibly grandson of Edward (1613) of AUerton
Grange. One of these names was curate of St Nicholas Chapel, Lynn, 1682.
(Blomefield, 4. 596.)
Ixem, John : [father not given] : born at Richmond [no further facts]. Admitted
at St John's 20 May 1668: at Christ's 9 May 1670, pensioner under
M'' Stanford. Age not given.
B.A. 167|. Born at Well, Richmondshire, son of John Ixem, clerk
(admitted here 1636). School: Lay ton, under M'' Bromehead : aged 17 in
1668. Perhaps brother of Thomas (son of a John) admitted 1674.
Milles, Walter : son of Walter : born in London. School : Charterhouse. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M"' Andrewes 19 May 1670. Age 16.
M.B. (Mills) 167.5; M.D. 1680. F.R.S. 1682., F.R.C.P. 1683. Of Salis-
bury Court. Died 7 Jan. 172f. (Munk, 1. 426.)
Pooley, — : [no facts at all]. Admitted sizar under M'' Fairmedow 26 May 1670.
B.A. (Zachary Pooley) 1673 Mids. Son of Robert (clerk) ; born at Rock-
land St Peter's, Norfolk, 1650.
Ordained deacon, Norwich, 167f March; licensed as curate to his father
at Rockland. Rector of Westfield 21 March 168f-1703. Vicar of Rockland
1694—1703, presented by Frances Pooley — perhaps his mother. (Blomefield,
1. 324: 5. 1232.)
Boteler, William. : son of Oliver, armiger : born at Clapham, Beds. School :
Burntwood [Brentwood], under M'' Bernard. Admitted fellow-commoner
under M'' Fairmedow 3 June 1670. Age 17.
Matric". not found. M.A. {per lit. reg.) 1671. Eldest son of Oliver of
Harrold, Beds., who died 1657 aged 33. Brother of James (1672). Baptised
at Harrold, 25 Jan. 165|. Died 13 Dec. 1702, aged 50. Buried beside his
father within the altar-rails at Harrold : apparently unmarried (W. M. Harvey,
Hundred of Willey, 337).
Hilton, James : son of Joseph : born at Eye, Suffolk. School : Eye, under
M'' Browne. Admitted sizar under M'' Stanford (surety D'^ More) 7 June
1670. Age 16.
Matric"*. 8 July 1670. " Ja. Hilton, scholar" buried at Great St Andrew's
14 Dec. 1673.
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Warren, John : son of Robert : born at Exeter. School : Exeter, under
M'^ Withman. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington 7 June 1G70.
Age 16.
B.A. 167f. Not, I think, ordained at Exeter: one John Warren B.A.
ordained priest, Lincoln, 168^ Feb. : but there were several John Warrens
B.A. about this time.
Briarley, James : son of James : born at Nantwich, Cheshire. School : Bunbury,
under M'' Hoole. Admitted pensioner under M'^ Leigh 9 June 1670. Age 22.
B.A. 167|. " M'' James Brerely of Manchester, Batchelor of Arts, buried
12 May 1682" (Manchester Parish-register, communicated by E. Axon, Esq.)
Gaylard, John : admitted as Gillard : matr. Gaylard : [father not given] : of
Devon. School : Exeter, under M'' Withnam (sic). Admitted pensioner under
M'' Fairmedow 10 June 1670. Age 22.
B.A. (Galard) 167| ; M.A. 1677. Probably vicar of Selworthy, Somerset,
16 June 1692, died before June 172-1. (Weaver, Somerset Incumbents, 433.)
John Gaylard (of Emm., B.A. 1711) vicar of Winsford 1714, was perhaps his
son.
Widdrington, Thomas : son of Michael : born at Morpeth. School : Morpeth,
under M'' Luuisden. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington 13 June
1670. Age 16.
B.A. 167|. Michael was bailiff of Morpeth 1654 (Hodgson, ii. ii. 4.51).
In 1654 he bought a house at Morpeth from the Pyes : which house was sold
in 1690 by Tho. Widdrington, gent., of Morpeth — probably our man. (ib.)
I cannot connect the Morpeth Widdringtons with any branch of the family
which had so many representatives here.
Newton, Thomas : son of Laurence : born at Kirkby, Notts. School : Not-
tingham, under M'' Birch. Admitted pensioner under M"' Smithson 14 June
1670. Age 15.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1677. Ordained deacon, London, 1676 May. One of
these names occurs as rector of Finedon, Northants. in 1686 — not there in
1688. Perhaps the same was appointed by the Crown (in the vacancy of the
Archbishopric) to the rectory of Nunburnholme near Pocklington, Yorks.
21 Nov. 1687 : there till the beginning of 1694 when he died : buried there
21 Jan. (described as M.A. of Christ's). (W. C. Morris, Ahcnburnholme, 114.)
Farmer, Richard : son of Richard : born at Repton, Derbs. School : Repton,
under M"' Sedgwick. Admitted sizar under M'' Stanford 23 June 1670.
Age 17.
Matric-i. 17 Dec. 1673 : B.A. 167f. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1675 Sept.
Smith, Solomon : son of William : born at Coventry. School : Coventry, under
M'' Franklin. Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow 23 June 1670.
Age 17.
Matric<i. Dec. 1673: B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1677. Ordained deacon, Lichfield,
1676 Oct.: priest, 1679 Oct.
Teonge, Henry : son of Henry : born at Alcester, Warw. Taught at home by
his father. Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow 23 June 1670. Age 16.
B.A. 1673 Mids. Son of Henry Teonge, admitted 1639, rector of Alcester
and Spernall (whom see), by his wife Jane. Ordained deacon, Oxford, 1673
Dec. : priest, Worcester, 1676. Vicar of Congleton, Warw. 1675-83. Used
to take the duty at Spernall during his father's absences in the Mediterranean.
(D.N.B. under his father.)
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Bernard, John : son of Nathanael : born at Langford, Somerset. School :
Martock, under M"' Berry. Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes 28 June
1670. Age 18.
Possibly B.A. 1672 Mids. : but more likely this was John Barnard, adm.
1669. One of these names (but perhaps a younger man) was vicar of Ludford
St Peter's, near Louth, Lines. 30 July 1701, and also of Kelstern (adjacent)
13 May 1702 : he did not reside at Ludford, where no trace of him appears :
save that he signs the transcripts to 1738 ; and of Kelstern 1702-38 with a
gap 1705-1710 incl. "The Rev. John Barned [sic] was buryed, October 26th
1739 " at Ludford (Rev. C. W. Foster, of Timberland).
Caesar, John : son of John : born at Reed, Herts. School : Hitchin, under
M'' Draper. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 2 July 1670. Age 15.
B.A. 1673 Mids. Ordained deacon and priest, London, 1677 Sept. Ad-
mitted bj' the Archbishop Master of the public school of Croydon 1 1 June 1681.
Chaplain of Whitgift's Hospital 1681-1711. Vicar of Croydon IS Jan. 168|- :
died 10 March 17i^, and buried there. He was chaplain to Scroop, Lord
Bridgwater, as appears from the preface to an assize-sermon 1708 (J. C. Stein-
man, Croydon, 71 and 146).
Nevill, Charles : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M"' Andrewes
30 June 1670; having been previously admitted at Ch. Ch., Oxford 17 May
1669, as appeared from letters testimonial. Age not given.
Probably never came into residence : he does not appear in the " study
rents": and he was B.A. (Ch. Ch.) 167|; M.A. 1675. Rector of Evenlode,
Worcs. 1692: and of Dowdswell, Glos. 1702 (Al. Ox. 1057).
Nichols, Charles : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes
15 Aug. 1670.
Matric". not found. Three other Nicholses admitted in five years : Joseph
(Yorks.) 1671, John (doubtful) 1673, and Nathaniel (Beds.) 1675.
Cryer, Benjamin: son of Samuel: born at Castleton, Derbs. School:
" Wexworth " [Wirksworth], under M'^ Crosedale. Admitted pensioner under
M' Andrewes 22 Aug. 1670. Age 18.
B.A. 167i. Sam. Cryer was minister of Castleton in 1650 according to
the report of the Parliamentary Commissioners : formally instituted in 1662 :
so doubtless conformed (Cox, Derbs. Churches, 2. 131): his name is on a fine
carved pew in the church (ib.).
Slinger, Nicholas : son of Tempest, armiger : born in Yorkshire. School :
Clitheroe, under M"' Cawcroft. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 2 Sept.
1670. Age not given.
Matric°. not found. Eldest son of Temple Slinger of Catlow, Yorks., J. P.,
by his wife Millicent, daughter of John Bradhill of Portfield, Lanes.: aged 13,
Aug. 1665 (Dugdale Vis'^. 1665, p. 55). John, probably third son, admitted
1674.
Barnwell, William : son of William : born in London. Taught by D'' Narsbit.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Leigh 8 Sept. 1670. Age 16.
Matric'i. from Sidney 15 Dec. 1670. B.A. (Sidney) 167| ; M.A. 1678. One
of these names rector of Ampthill, Beds. 18 March 168|, patron, the Crown
by lapse. One was reCtor of Watton, Herts. 1 July 1697.
Morton, Joseph : son of John : born at Marciiington, Staffs. School : Derby,
under M'' Osburue. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett 9 Sept. 1670.
Age 16.
B.A. (Moretou) 1674. Ordained (Morton) deacon, Lichfield, 1677 Aug.
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AUyn, John : son of John : born in London. School : Harborough, under
M"' Berry. Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes 10 Sept. 1670. Age not
given.
Matric". not found : not in " Study-rents."
Wildman, Thomas : son of Hugh : born at Giggleswick. School : Giggleswick.
Admitted at Magdalene 9 April 1670: at Christ's sizar under M'' Lovett
•24 Sept. 1670. Age 20.
B.A. (Wildeman) 1673 Mids. Ordained deacon, York, 1674 June: priest,
Sept. Probably vicar of Carleton near Skipton 1684-91, when he died.
Arthington, Henry : eldest son of Henry, armiger : born at Arthington, Yorks.
School : York. Admitted fellow-commoner under D'' Widdrington 30 Sept.
1670. Age not given.
M.A. {peo- lit. reg.) 1671. Henry the father, J.P. and D.L., married Mary,
daughter of Lord Fairfax. Probably the son was the M.P. for Aldborough,
Yorks. in 1678 {Yorks. Genealogist, 1. 44). He died childless 21 Feb. 168|,
leaving his first cousin Cyril his heir : see M.I. in Thoresby-Whitaker,
Leeds, p. 7.
Midgeley, Joseph : son of Ralph : born at Bresey [? Brearle}'], Yorks. School :
" Riptoniae in eodem agro " [Ripon], under M'' Oxley [Charles]. Admitted
sizar under D'' Widdrington 30 Sept. 1670. Age not given.
B.A. 167|^; M.A. 1678. Ordained deacon, York, 1678 Sept.: priest,
168.V March. P.O. of Thirsk 15 Jan. 168i. Married Sarah, daughter of
John Pybus of Thirsk. Died 24 June 1704, aged 49. Second cousin of
Robert (1671) and of Jonathan (1689) : see under Jonathan (1616) : all of the
family of Midgeley of West Brearley, Yorks. A brother, Robert, together
with Jonathan (1689) and Samuel, brother of Robert (1671) " whose ancestors
had long lived as gentlemen" received grant of arms 29 June 1709. (See
Genealogist, N.S. 21. 271.)
Travers, Elias : son of Thomas : born at Plymouth. School : Penzands [Pen-
zance], Cornwall, under M"' Welstead. Admitted pensioner under M"' Stanford
7 Nov. 1670. Age 19.
M.A. {})er lit. reg.) 1675. He appears as M'' Lovett's pupil, for one term
only — Lent 1671.
Foster, Edmund: [father not given] : born at Hoddesdon, Herts. M.A. of Queen's,
Oxford. Admitted pensioner under D"' Widdrington 29 Nov. 1670. Age not
given.
M.A. (Forster) (per lit. reg.) 1671. Not found in Foster's Al. Ox. One
Edm. Foster was vicar of Elmdon, Essex, 25 Feb. 166|-1679, when he died.
Hall, Ralph : son of James : born at Bulwell, Notts. School : Mansfield, under
M'' Samson. Admitted sizar under M"' Smithson 1 Dec. 1670. Age 19.
B.A. 167|^. Ordained deacon, York, 1675 May. Vicar of Saxelby, Leics.
8 Oct. 1685.
Biddulph, Michael : son of Theophilus, eques auratus : born in London. School :
[St Paul's], under " vir admodum doctissimus," M'' Crumbleholme. Admitted
fellow-commoner under M'^ Andrewes 2 Dec. 1670. Age 16.
Matric'*. 6 July 1671. Probably Sir Michael, second baronet, of West-
combe, Kent. Married (1) Henrietta Maria, daughter of Col. Roger Witley
of Cheshire: (2) Eliz., daughter of Will. D'Oyley Esq. Died 20 April 1718.
(Hasted, 1. 18).
Cooke, Shadrach : son of Simon : born in London. School : private, under
M' Wells. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 13 Dec. 1670. Age 15.
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B.A. 1674; M.A. 1678. Ordained deacon, London, 1676 Dec. One of
these names was rector of Tantield, Yorks. (dio. Chester) Aug. 1682. After-
wards moved southward, if the same man was the vicar of Faversharn, Kent
(presented by the Dean and.Chapter), 19 July 1715. One of the six-Preachers
in the Cathedral Oct. 1719. Chaplain to the Bishop of 8t Asaph. Licensed
to hold Sittingbourne as well as Faversharn 13 Jan. 172i. Died 1724
(Hasted). According to Cole he was "lecturer at Islington" in 1689, then
vicar of Faversharn. " Formerly a non-juror till the death of a lady who
supported him better than the Islington lectureship whicli he lost : after
which he was very opportunely convinced by D'' Higden's arguments to an
advantageous compliance. Buried at east end of Islington churchyard. Author
of Exhortation to firmness and constancy in true religion, a sermon at Islington
on Mark viii. 38, 2 Feb. 1689: Religious Fear of God and his judgments
considered and recommended, Faversharn 8 Dec. 1721 : Legal Obedience the
duty of a subject; at Archdeacon's Visitation at Sittingbourne, 1718."
TiflFen, William :
Not found in any College or University record ; but in the Peterborough
Registry there appears Will. Tiffin, M.A. of Christ's College, ordained priest,
Peterborough, 1677 Sept. One of these names was vicar of Sharnbrook, Beds.
1677-1706 : no record of his burial there. (Harvey, Hundred of Willey, 469.)
Browne, Francis : son of Thomas : born at Levenham [Lavenham], Suflblk.
School : Felstead, under M'' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow
11 Jan. 167fl. Age 17.
B.A. 1674; M.A. 1678. Ordained deacon and priest, Norwich, 1679 Dec.
Rector of Elmswell 22 Dec. 1679. He was thrice married (to a Mabel, a
Martha, and an Elizabeth) bj' whom he had numerous children. His successor,
Sam. Gall "took possession of the rectory" 30 Jan. 1724: but there is no
record of Browne's death or burial. (Rev. J. Hipwell, rector.)
Clagett, Nicholas : son of Nicholas : born at Bury St Edmunds. School : Bury,
under M'' Leeds. Admitted sizar under D'' Widdrington 12 Jan. 167y.
Age 16.
B.A. 1674; M.A. 1678; D.D. {com. reg.) 1705. Son of Nich. Clagett of
Merton, Oxford who was ejected from the lectureship of St Mary's, Bury,
1662, and died next year. William (of Emm.) succeeded his father in the
lectureship and in 1680 Nicholas succeeded his brother William and remained
there 46 years. Rector of Little Thurlow, Suffialk, about 1683 : in 1707 had
license to hold Hitcham (distant 10 miles) as well. Archdeacon of Sudbury
14 June 1699, and remained so till his death 30 Jan. 172^. His son — the
third Nicholas — of Trinity — was Bishop of Exeter 1742-6. Author: A
Persuasive to peaceableness and obedience, 1683 : Truth defended and Boldness
in Error rebuked, 1710 (against Whiston on prophecy). (D.N.B.)
Musters, Charles : son of John, eques auratus : born in London. School :
Westminster, under D"' Busby. Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes
16 Jan. 167?. Age 16.
Matric*. 13 A])ril 1671. Younger son of Sir John Musters of Hornsey ;
brother of John Musters, of Colwick Hall, Notts,, two of whose sons were
admitted here — Munday (1694) and Thomas (1694). In 1702 gave five guineas
to beautify the Chapel.
Gumall, William : son of William : born at Lavenham, Suffolk. School :
Felstead, under M"' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes
19 Jan. 167f Age 16.
Matric-i. 13 April 1671. Buried at Great St Andrew's 28 July 1674.
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Leaves, John : son of John : born at Pinchbeck, Lines. School : Lincohi, under
M'' Johnson. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett 10 March 167j. Age 16.
LL.B. 1676. Probably akin to William (also son of John and born at
Pinchbeck) admitted 1650. One M"" Leaves'was Head-master of Crewkerne
school, before 1684 (see under Tho. Slade) and there in 170i (see St John's
Adm/". book, 2. 183).
Nowell, Charles : son of Charles : born at Cappleside [Capelside] in the parish of
Giggleswick. School : Giggleswick, under M'' Briggs. Admitted at Trinity
Hall 1670 : at Christ's sizar under M-- Lovett 23 March 167f. Age is!
Brother of Will. Nowell admitted 1666. I suspect that he had the Grace
of the House for B. A. 167|, though he does not occur in the Registry list. In
the College B.A. Commencement-book there ai-e two M"' Nowells B.A. one
167 J one 167f, the second is Robert, who does not appear in the Admission-
book, but is in the Univ. Registry as B.A. : the fact that the Commencement-
book has two names proves that there is not in this case (as often) a confusion
of Christian names. In the pedigree of Nowells of Capelside (Whitaker,
Whalley, 2. 113) an earlier Will. Nowell occurs as son of Chris, of Capelside
who died 1627. A brother Charles was drowned on the day of his marriage.
Nowell, Robert. Inserted here, though not in Admission Book, see Charles
(above).
B.A. 167| ; M.A. 1677. Like William (his brother ?) he was beneficed in
Sussex: though ordained deacon, York, 1674 Sept. Vicar of Bishopstone,
Sussex 8 July 1679 : vicar of Seaford 1682-90.
Radcliff, Alexander : son of Alexander : born at Legh [Leigh], Lanes. School :
Leigh, under M'' Richardson. Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes 29 March
1671. Age 15.
Matric*. 13 April 1671. Admitted at the Inner Temple 26 Jan. 167|.
"Aged 8 in 1664 when he is entered in Dugdale's Visitation of Lanes, as
son of Alex, of Leigh. Raines (mss. xii. 413) says he died young. The father
died 1700: and his younger son Thomas succeeded to the Leigh estate"
(Ernest Axon, Esq.).
Croston, Richard : son of Henrj' : of Lanes. School : Manchester, under
M"- Wickens. Admitted sizar 29 March 1671. Age 22.
Matric'' 13 April 1671. Probably migrated, and was B.A. (Emm.) 167|^.
Probaljly one of the Crostons of Heath Charnock, Lanes, (see Groston-Baines,
4. 122) : Henry was perhaps son of John Croston, of Heath Charnock and Bury,
who married Sarah, daughter of Jeremy Waterhouse of Crossbill, Halifax
(Croston-Baines). Head-master of Preston grammar-school 6 Dec. 1680 at
a salary of .£30 and the profits of a close adjoining the school. A year later
though he had taken Orders he was allowed to retain his office, and (with the
consent of the mayor) to preach sermons. A non-juror in 1689 : and ceased
to be master (Fishwick, Preston, 209). One Richard Croston, clerk of
Whittle-le-woods in the parish of Leyland, married at Chorley, Mary Wilson
27 Dec. 1701 : he was buried 18 Feb. 171^ and left £20 to Heapy Chapel
{Leyland Registers).
Scroggs, John : son of John : born at Al[d]bury, Herts. School : Stortford, under
M'' Cudworth. Admitted pensioner under M'' Leigh 8 April 1671. Age 15.
Matric"*. 6 July 1671. Admitted, heir-apparent of John Scroggs, at Gray's
Inn 1 May 1672. Baptised 20 Aug. 1654 [sie\ Eldest son of John Scroggs
(1612-1692) by his wife Eliz., daughter of Sir Will. Lytton. Married a
Miss Mead ; by whom he had a son Thomas, with whom the direct line ended.
Died before his father ; buried at Aldbury 8 Jan, 1685 (Cussans, I. ii. 162).
1671 1276398 35
Stoc(k)ton, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Chowbent [near Atherton], Lanes.
School : Atherton, under M"' Taylor. Admitted sizar under M'' Leigh 19 April
1671. Age 16.
B.A. (Stockton) 167|; M.A. 1678.
Lyndsey, Samuel : son of Peter : born in London. School : Brentwood, under
M'' Bernard. Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes 20 April 1671. Age 17.
Matric". not found. Probably akin to the Sam. Linsey, or Lindsey,
admitted 16-57, but of Langton-on-Swale.
Hardcastle, Thom.as: son of William: born at Laverton [near Kirkby Malzeard],
Yorks. School: Ripon, under M' Oxley. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett
21 April 1671. Age 16.
B.A. 1674; M.A. 1678. The father, Will. Hardcastle "of Larton [Laverton]
in the county of York, gent." was required 22 July 1647 " to settle the rectory
of Coverham, and the chappel thereto belonging for ever : for which he is
to be allowed out of his second payment " for compounding for his estate
(Shaw, 2. 489). Thomas, the son, was ordained deacon, London, 168| Feb. :
priest, 1685 Dec.
Arm.itage, John : son of Robert: born at Radwell, Yorks. School: [Leeds], under
M'' Gilbert. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 1 May 1671. Age 19.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1681. One John Armitage, M.A., ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1690, licensed to Fen Stanton, Hunts. : priest, London, 169| Mar.
Forster, John : son of George : born at Holbeok, Yorks. School : [Leeds], under
M'' Gilbert. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 1 May 1671. Age 16.
B.A. 1674. Ordained deacon, York, 167|^ Feb. : priest, 1680 Dec. Robert
Fish, admitted 171^ was educated at Stokesley, Yorks. under a John Forster :
one signs the register as curate of Stokesley — but not before Dec. 1717. He was
buried there, 1718 or 1719, the 2.5th of some unspecified month; Rob. Fish
took a marriage for him 13 Nov. 1718. (Rev. Robert Fisher, rector.)
Hemingway, Joshua : son of Henry : born at Halifax. School : Drig[h]lington,
under IVI'' Baskervi [sic : probably Baskerville]. Admitted sizar under M"" Fair-
medow 6 May 1671. Age 18.
Matric'i. 4 July 1672. B.A. 1674 ; M.A. 1678. Probably a cousin of Joshua
Hemingway (1684), whose father was Samuel : see Sradford Antiquary, 1. 252.
Brown, Thomas : son of Michael : born at Hornby, Lanes. School : Kendal,
under M' Jackson. Admitted sizar under D'' Carr (surety M'' Lovett) 8 May
1671. Age 19.
B.A. (Browne) 1674; M.A. 1678. Three Tho. Browns admitted in four
years: this one, one in 1673 (maf*. 3 July 1673) and one in 1674, matric''.
15 Dec. : I cannot trace any one of them with any certainty. Another (probably)
was B.A. 1682, another was admitted 1685 : both equally untraceable.
Sandys, John : admitted as Sands : son of Samuel : born at " Fornestields [probably
Furness Fells] near Hauxed " [Hawkshead], Lanes. School : Hawkshead,
under Mi" Bordeley. Admitted sizar under M'' Stanford (surety M"' Lovett)
15 May 1671. Age 18.
Admitted sizar at St John's 21 Oct. 1671: B.A. 1674 (St John's); M.A.
1678. Perhaps one of the family of Graythwaite Hall. ]?i-obably the Joh.
Sandys, M.A., rector of Doddinghurst, Essex (patron, Henr}' Luther, armiger)
14 Nov. 1683-99, when he died.
Jennings, Jonathan : eldest son of Edmund, eques auratus : born at Ripon.
School : Ripon, under M' Oxley. Admitted fellow-commoner under D'' Wid-
drington 19 May 1671. Age 16.
Matric"*. 6 July 1671. Nephew of Jonathan, admitted 1650, and eldest
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son of Sir Edm. Jennings of Ripon, by his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Edw.
Barkham of Tottenham High Cross. Admitted at Gray's Inn 6 June 1671.
Resided in College till Mich^ 1672.
Grange, Francis : admitted as Grainge : son of John : born at Ripon. School :
Ripon, under M'' Oxley. Admitted sizar under D"' Widdrington 20 May 1671.
Age 16.
B.A. (Graing) 1674; M.A. (Grange) 1678.
Scot, George : son of George : born at Warlaby, Richmond. School : Coxwold,
under M"' Parkes. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington 20 May 1671.
Age not given.
B.A. (Scott) 167|. Probably son of George Scott (1649) rector of Oswald-
kirk 1663.
Clarke, William : son of William : born in London. School : Stourbridge, Worcs.
Admitted pensioner under M"' Andrewes 23 May 1671. Age 15.
Matric". not found : and not in Study-rents.
Pretty, John : son of William : born at Fairsley [Fazeley, near Tamworth], Staffs.
School : Tamworth, under M' Ant(h)robus. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes
31 May 1671. Age 16.
B.A. 167| ; M.A. 1678. Rector of Farley, Hants. : as chaplain to the Duke
of Bolton licensed to hold also Thru.xton, Hants. 2 April 1709. Apparently
also rector of Middleton (1 in Winchester diocese) 30 Dec. 1724 {Genealogist,
N.S. 6. 124) : died before June 1729 (ib. 7. 116).
Harding, Randle : admitted as Randolphus : son of Randolphus : born at Minsliull,
Cheshire. Taught by M"' Coulton. Admitted sizar under M'' Leigh 3 June
1671. Age 19.
B.A. (Randle Hardinge) 167f.
Hardy, Richard : son of Richard : born at Widdington [t], Lanes. School : Kirby
[? Kirkby-Ireleth], Lanes. Admitted sizar under M"' Fairmedow 5 June 1671.
Age not given.
B.A. (Hardey) 1677 Mids. One Ri. Hardy instituted to rectory of
North Meols, near Southport, 15 Nov. 1688, on the presentation of Edw.
Fleetwood, who four years before presented Hen. Rycroft (adm. 165|). Died
intestate 1708 (Croston-Baines, 5. 285).
Hatkill, Thomas: son of Richard : born at Settle, Yorks. School : Giggleswick,
under M'' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 8 June 1671. Age 19.
Matric''. 27 March 1672 : but does not appear in Study-rents.
Dowbiggin, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at " lua " [or " Ina," ? miscopied for
Ince], Lanes. School : Thrisk [Thirsk], under M"' Wildman. Admitted sizar
under M^ Lovett 9 June 1671. Age 20.
B.A. 167-i. Ordained deacon, York, 1675 Sept.: priest, 1680 June.
Rector of Birkby, near Northallerton, 14 Aug. 1701. Died there before
Aug. 1721.
Brown, Matthew : son of Matthew : bom at Holcom[be] in the parish of Bury,
Lanes. Educated by M' Richardson. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett
12 June 1671. Age 18.
Matric". not found : not in Study-rents.
Wolferston, Humphry : son of Hersy : bom at Clifton, Staffs. School : Repton,
under M'' Sedgwick. Admitted sizar under M' Andrewes 14 June 1671.
Age 19.
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Matric". not found. One Hercy Wolferston of Statfold, Staffs, married
Mary, daughter of Ra. Egerton of Betley (Burke, L.G. 15il, ed. 1871). He
was son of a Humphry. But he died 1636 (ih.). Our Humphry must have
been a cadet of the same family : but lie is not traceable either in Staffs. Vis'\
1663 or in Burke.
Cave, Roger : baronet : [father not given] : born at Stanford Hall, Northants.
[No more.] Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Burnet 17 June 1671.
Age 1 6.
Matric". not found. Son of Sir Thomas (1641), first baronet who died
1670, by his wife Penelope, daughter of Vise'. Wenman : probably grandson of
Thomas admitted 1595—6, who died 1666. Sat for Coventry in the Oxford
Parliament, 1680, and again, at Westminster 1685. Married (1) Martha,
daughter of John Brown of Eydon, Northants., Clerk of Parliament : (2) Mary,
daughter of Sir Will. Bromley of Baginton : had children by both. Died
1703: succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Thomas (Bridges, Northants.
1. 580).
Delves, John : son of William : born at Knut[s]ford, Cheshire. School : Tam-
worth, under M'' Ant(h)robus. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 20 June
1671. Age 16.
B.A. 167|. Second son of Will. Delves: his elder brother, William,
admitted 29 Sept. A pedigree of the Delves family of Doddington in Ormerod-
Helsby, 3. 522 : but these are not therein.
Swyre, John : son of Samuel : born at Skipton, Yorks. School : Giggleswick,
under M'' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'^ Bolton (surety M'' Lovett) 26 June
1671. Age not given.
B.A. (Swyer) 1674. A family of this name at Cononley in Craven (see
Morant-Whitaker, 48) : but this one does not occur in the pedigree. John
was baptised 2 July 1651, and was short-lived: in the Skipton parish-register
occurs "on Feb. 20 167|, John Swire, Batch, of Arts of Xt's. Coll. in
Cambridge, a very hopefull young man : Sonne to Sam. Swire of Skipton.
Ch. : iij'. 4'*. Mista senium [corr. to senum] et luvenu densantur funera "
[then in English characters in the published transcript] 6V diXa Bioi QviqaKu
— a bad reminiscence of Menander's ov ol Oeol (f>i\ov(rii', dTroOvrja-Kn ve'os. (In-
formation from T. W. Edmondson, of New York.)
Shaw, Robert : son of Robert : born at Knutsford. School : Tamworth, under
M' Ant(h)robus. Admitted sizar to D' More (surety M'' Lovett). Age 19.
B.A. 1674; M.A. 1678. Ordained deacon, Worcester, 1681 Oct.; priest,
Dec. ; to be Head-master of Lichfield grammar-school. Father of Peter
Shaw, M.D., Physician in ordinary to George II and George III (D.N.B.).
M.I. in St Mary's Church, Lichfield, to Rob. Shaw, M.A., who died 1704.
Midgley, Robert : son of Samuel : born in the parish of Addle [near Leeds].
School : Newton, under M'' Hartley. Admitted sizar under M'' Smithson
(surety M'' Lovett) 27 June 1671. Age 16.
M.B. 1676; M.D. 1687. See under Jos. Midgley (1670). Not the B.A.
167f of St John's — -another man, who never "removed to Christ's" (D.N.B.).
Cand. R.C.P. 1687. (Munk, 1. 476.) Resided in the parish of Bassishaw,
London : licenser of the Press 1686 and later. Married (1) Isabella Neale of
Leeds, who died 170f : (2) Mary, daughter of Admiral Sir Geo. Cox. Died
16 Oct. 1723. Author : A new treatise of Natural Philosophy, freed from the
intricacies oj t)ie Schools (1687) : The Uistory of the War of Cyprus (1687), a
translation of Graziani's Latin history of the conquest of Cyprus by the Turks:
Popery Banished (1689). The question of his share in the Letters by a
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Turkish Spy 8 vols. 1687-93 of which he was "editor" is carefully discussed
in D.N.B. " Midgley certainly owned the copyright of the work previously
to 27 Dec. 1693, and that he acquired it, as at least joint author, is a view
in which Hallam has received vigorous support." "The chief permanent
interest of the once well known letters [the 26th edition was published in
1770] is that they inaugurated a new species of literary composition" — viz.
the description of England as if by a foreigner.
Hartley, Robert: admitted at Trinity College 20 June 1668: at Christ's sizar
under M' Lovett 29 June 1671. Age not given.
B.A. 1671 Mids. Ordained deacon, York, 1671 Sept.: priest, 1672 Sept.
Admitted to the cure of Farnley and of Bramley, Leeds, 29 June 167f.
Chaplain of Burnley, Lanes, before 1679: buried there 9 Feb. 168|- (Whitaker,
Whalley, 2. 169). He bequeathed by his will "20/0 to the curate of Burnley
for ever, if he shall read Morning Prayer in the church every morning, except
he be hindered upon urgent occasions, or sick, or impotent ; the occasion to
be judged of, and allowed, by two of the neighbouring ministers, if any dispute
arise." [ib.)
Stansfield, Ely : son of Josiah : born at Halifax. School : Birstall, under
M"' Noble. Admitted pensioner under M' Fairmedow 30 June 1671. Age 16.
B.A. 167A; M.A. not found. Fifth son of Josias (1619-1702) of Breck
in Sowerby near Halifax. Ordained deacon, London, 1689 July: priest, Dec.
Rector of Newark 2 June 1702 : and prebendary of Southwell (Woodburgh)
— as Eli Stansfield — at the same time. Died before April 1719, leaving one
son, who left no issue.
The family of Stansfield are said to have been settled at Stansfield Hall
near Todmorden from the time of the Conquest (Burke, H.C. 4. 60).
Nichols, Joseph : son of Joseph : born at Haighouse [sic\, Yorks. School :
Drighlington, under M"^ Baskerville. Admitted sizar under M"" Leigh 30 June
1671. Age 17.
Matric"*. 8 April 1674. Ordained priest, York, 1681. Perhaps curate in
charge of Baslow, Derbs. 1681. (Cox, Derhs. churches, 2. 55.)
Holdsworth, John : son of John : born at Birstall, Yorks. School : Birstall,
under M"' Noble. Admitted sizar under M"' Fairmedow 30 .June 1671. Age 18.
Matric". not found. Probably the John Holdsworth, admitted 20 Feb.
1672 at Frankland's Academy at Rathmell. Was preaching at Topcliffe Hall
1682. Ordained minister 4 Sept. 1689, when he had been 12 years a preacher.
Minister at Cleckheaton, Yorks., W.R. Died there 15 Dec. 1711, and buried
at Birstall {^Northoivram Register, 257 : information from Ernest Axon, Esq.).
Hepworth, Thomas : son of Thomas ; of Yorkshire. School : Thornhill [near
Dewsbury], under M'' Wilson. Admitted sizar under M' Leigh 30 June 1671.
Age 17.
B.A. 167i; M.A. 1678. Ordained deacon, York, 1677 Sept.: priest, 1681
May. Vicar of Birstall 18 Aug. 1681 (patron, the Archbishop). Died vicar
before July 1701.
Sewell, John: son of John: born in London. School: (1) Westminster: (2) private,
under M"' Litter [? Litler]. Admitted pensioner under D"' Widdrington 1 July
1671. Age 15.
Matric^. 6 July 1671. Admitted at the Inner Temple, "of Chr. Coll.
Camb. gent." 27 Aug. 1672. John Sewell, second son of Thomas of Great
Henny, Essex, had a son John (perhaps our man), who died single : he would
be great-uncle of Hardwick Sewell, admitted fellow-commoner 1733 (Morant,
Essex, 2. 273).
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Bastard, John : son of Otho : born at Exeter. School : Exeter, under M"^ Witten-
hall. Admitted pensioner under M'' Leigh 1 July 1671. Age 17.
B.A. 167i; M.A. 1678.
Lancashire, Thomas : admitted as Lancashier : son of James : born at Man-
chester. School : Manchester, under M'' Wiggins. Admitted pensioner under
M'' Andrewes 6 July 1671. Age 16.
B.A. (Lancashire) 1674; M.A. 1678. Ordained deacon, London, 1677
Sept. James, the father, died July 1677, apparently in poor circumstances.
Thomas was the eldest of four sons. In 1678 he was commissary of the Court
of Proprietors, Priory and Peculiar of Snaith, Yorks. Vicar of Mattersey,
Notts. 18 Sept. 1680-85. Vicar of Harworth, Notts. 12 March 1681: where
he made his will 27 Sept. 1718, naming his lands at Collyhurst in the parish
of Manchester; prebendary of Southwell (Norwell) 1704; (South Muskham)
26 Sept. 1706. Died before December 1718. He gave £5 to the beautifying
of the Chapel — received 1704.
Russell, — : [no Christian name, or facts]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes
7 July 1671.
In 1673 there is a similar entry " — Russell." Between these two, on
25 April 1672 there is the admission of Edward, son of Sir Era. Russell of
Chippenham. The two may be brothers of Edward (he had several) : or this
first entry may be Edward himself, if he delayed his residence. One only was
in residence at Mich^ 1672 (Study-rents).
Delves, William: son of William: born at Knut[s]ford. School: Knutsford, under
M'' Turner. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 29 Sept. 1671. Age 18.
Matric''. 14 Dec. 1671. Elder brother of Job. Delves : see entry on June 20.
Harrison, James: son of Peter ("egregius nuperhuius Coll. socius et ornamentum ") :
born at Cheadle, Cheshire. School : Charterhouse, under M"^ Watson. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 27 Nov. 1671. Age 17.
A John Harrison was matriculated 14 Dec. 1671 : probably there was but
one man : if there were two, John, like James, took no degree. The James
Harrison, B.A., ordained at London May 1676 was probably of Oxford.
Young, Ralph : son of Richard : born at Methwold, Norfolk. School : Thetford,
under M'' Keene. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 5 Dec. 1671. Age 16.
B.A. 167|. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1677 Sept. : licensed to Trunch :
priest 1678 Sept. Curate of Northwold. Vicar of Lakenheath 27 Dec. 1683 :
died 1689 (ms. Tanner, 2. 1182).
Felstead, Thomas : son of Thomas : born in Cambridge. School : Perse, under
M"' Griffith. Admitted sizar under M"' Eairmedow 18 Dec. 1671. Age 15.
B.A. 167i ; M.A. 1679. Thomas, the father, was alderman of Cambridge
where he married Dorothy, daughter of Rob. Ball {Genealogist, 3. 296). The
son was ordained deacon, London, 1677 .lune : priest, Norwich, 1680 June.
Rector of Bodney, Norf. 15 Feb. 168f-90. Rector of Christ Church, South-
wark, and prebendary of St Paul's (Oxgate) 16 Oct. 1691 : held it till his
death in 1711 (Hennessy, 42). According to the Genealogist {ut supra) he was
"Minister at St Austin's, London" in 1684 : but I do not find him.
Langley, Thomas :
Matric"*. pensioner 14 Dec. 1671. Perhaps B.A. (Peterhouse) 167f. One
of these names, of North Grimston, Yorks., gave five guineas to the fund for
the Chapel in 1708 : he was a tenant of the Master, D"' Covel who was
Chancellor of York diocese.
Ellis, Thomas :
B.A. 1674 Mid.s. Ordained deacon, York, 1674 Dec. : priest, 168^ Feb.
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Oldfield, Joshua :
Born 1656, son of John : born at Carsington, Derbs. : and taught by his
father, who was ejected thence in 1662. Said to have studied both at Lincoln,
Oxford and at Christ's — though he is not found in the books of either college
— but not to have graduated from dislike to subscription. Recei\ed presby-
tei'ian ordination 18 March 1687 at Mansfield and was pastor of congregations
at Oxford (1691), Coventry (1694), London (1699), where he also had an
"academy"; he settled this first at Southwark, then in Hoxton Square,
where it had high repute. Intimate with Locke. D.D. of Edinburgh 1709.
Died in London 8 Nov. 1729. (D.N.B.)
Watson, Edward : admitted as Wattson : son of Daniel : born at Burton on
Trent. School : Burton, under INI"' Hazard. Admitted pensioner under M''
Lovett 10 Jan. 167|. Age 16.
B.A. (Watson) 167|. Brother of Daniel, admitted 1669. Buried at Great
St Andrew's 31 Aug. 1678.
Villiers, Isaac : son of Thomas : born at Barnes, Middlesex. School : Repton.
Admitted pensioner under M"" Lovett 10 Jan. 167i. Age 17.
Matric'l 4 July 1672. Resided till Lady Day "1673. In SUiffs. Visitation,
1663, Edw. Villers of Hanbury, StaflTs. had a second son Thomas Villers who
married Dorothy, daughter of Will. Wase of Datchet, Bucks. Their third son
was Isaac Villers.
Church, John : son of John : born at Hertford. School : Islington, under
M'' Singleton. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 2 Feb. 167i. Age 16.
B.A. 167f. Ordained deacon, London, 1676 May: priest, 1677 Sept.
Vicar of Navestock, Essex, 16 Jan. 168^-: resigned before 8 June 1689.
Rector of Middleton St Nicholas, Sussex, 1689. Vicar of Pagham 13 Nov. 1701.
Died 23 Feb. 171? : buried at Pagham.
Thomson, Robert : son of Christopher : born at Sheldon [? Shildon], Durham.
School : [Houghton-le-Spring], under M'Caunt. Admitted sizar under D"' Wid-
drington 29 P^eb. 167i. Age 16.
B.A. (Thompson) 1675 Mids. ; M.A. 1679. One (M.A.) curate of Croxdale,
Durham 1681-2 (Surtees, 4. 122).
Ferris, Benjamin: admitted as Ferrisse: son of Samuel: born at Baverly
[? Beverley], Yorks. School : Felstead, under M'' Glascock. Admitted sizar
under M'^ Leigh 7 March 167i. Age 17.
B.A. (Ferris) 167f. Ordained deacon, London, 1676 May. Vicar of
Prittlewell, Essex, 1 June 1678, succeeding Sam. Phillibrowne (1665); pre-
sented by Tho. Barrington and wife, Henry St John and wife, and Daniel
Finch and Essex his wife (Newcourt, 2. 474). Died childless April 1683 :
will proved 9 May 1683 by his widow, Margaret (Benton, Hist, of Rochford
Hundred).
Chappell, Richard : son of William : born at Broad Clist, Devon. School :
Broad Clist, under M'' Coppleton. Admitted pensioner under D"' Widdrington
20 March 167^. Age not given.
Matric". not found : not in Study-rents.
Shaw, James : son of James : born at Toiton [Turton, in Bolton parish], Lanes.
School : Fielding, under M'' Wiggen [1 Wigan, under M'' Fielding]. Admitted
sizar under M'' Lovett 22 March 167 A. Age 18.
B.A. 167f. One James Shaw was minister of Hindley Chapel, after 1662
and before 1698 ; and died within those limits of time : stated to have been a
non-conformist at his death (E. Axon, Esq. from Documents relating to Hindley,
p. 1 3). Administration at Chester 1 690 of James Shaw of Hindley.
1672 41
Molyneux, Francis: admitted as Mollyneux : son of John Francis, bart. : born
at Teversall, Notts. School : Laughton-[en-le-Morthen], Yorks., under M''
Broomhead. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Fairmedow 1 April 1672.
Age not given.
" Matric''. (Mulloynex) 4 July 1672 : M.A. {per lit. reg.) 1675. Son of John
(admitted 1640) third baronet, by his wife Lucy, daughter of Alex. Eigby of
Middleton, Lanes. Admitted at Gray's Inn 11 July 1673. Succeeded to the
baronetcy 1691. Gave £10 to the Chapel in 1702. Married Diana, daughter
of John Howe of Langar Castle, Notts. : had seven sons (of whom John and
Charles were admitted here) and three daughters. Died 12 March 1742,
aged 87. His brother, John, admitted 1677.
Lund, Henry : son of Robert : born at Svostrop [probably Scosthorpe near
Malham], Yorks. School : Giggleswick, under M'' Briggs. Admitted sizar
under M"- Lovett, 2 April 1672. Age 17.
B.A. 1675 Mids. ; M.A. 1684, incorporated, Oxford, 14 July 1684.
Ordained deacon, York, 1676 May: priest, 1677 Sept.
Larden, Richard : admitted wrongly as Lardell : son of William : of Cheshire.
School : Bunbury, under M'' Hoole. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 5 April
1672. Age 18,
Matric'*. and B.A. (Larden) 167|. Administration of property of Richai-d
Larden of Tarvin at Chester 1684.
Simcoe, William : admitted as Symcoe : son of George : of Cheshire. School :
Bunbury, under M"' Hoole. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 5 April 1672.
Age 19.
Matric'i. 19 Jan. 1674: B.A. (Simcoe) 167|. Vicar of Long Horsley,
Northumberland 1692 : presented by Charles, Duke of Somerset. Died in-
testate 18 June 1714 : administration to his widow Jane, 14 Sept. Therefore,
he was not collated to Woodhorn (as Hodgson says, li. ii. 91) nor did he die in
1766 aged 97 : the vicar of Woodhorn was another Simcoe — perhaps the man
admitted 1713. (Information from J. Ross Robertson of Toronto.)
Leigh, John : son of Thomas : born at Stortford. School : Stortford, under
M"' [Nic.] Cudworth. Admitted pensioner under his bi'other M'' James Leigh
6 April 1672. Age 15.
B.A. 167i; M.A. 1679. Fourth and last of the sons of the Head-master
of Stortford (adm"*. 1614) who came to this College. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1679 June; licensed to cure of Gilston, Herts.: priest, London,
1679 Dec. Vicar of Stanstead Mounttichet, Essex, 16 Oct. 1682 — till his death.
Prebendary of Lincoln (Welton Beckhall) 3 July 1683 : died before May 1691
(Le Neve, 2. 227). Apparently he succeeded another John Leigh as rector of
Willoughby near Alford, Lines. 25 Nov. 1682. The brothers were all short-
lived.
Cookson, Timothy : son of Bryan : born at Sattle [Settle], Yorks. School :
Giggleswick, under M' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 12 April
1672. Age 18.
B.A. 167f; M.A. 1683. Ordained deacon, York, 1677 Sept.: priest,
1678 Sept. Born 1654, younger son of Bryan of Settle (1610-1 68i). Pedigree
in Thoresby-Whitaker, Leeds, p. 136.
Fowler, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Faringdon, Berks. Educated by
his father. Admitted pensioner under M'' Smithson 12 April 1672. Age 17.
B.A. 167|. One of these names, and B.A., ordained priest, Lincoln, 1674
March, as rector of Sheepy, Leics. (near Atherstone). His successor, if Nichols
(4. 930) be right, was appointed 1710.
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Wheeldon, John : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Smithson 12 April
1672.
Matric". not found. One Joh. Wheledon " lit[eratus] coll. Christi " was
ordained deacon, London, 1680 June: and is probably entered by error as
"John Wheel [sic] lit. Coll. Christi," priest, 1682 June. He never appears in
Study-rents : but his account of himself seems to imply some residence : perhaps
he paid nothing as being M'' Smithson's personal servant.
Dalton, Marmaduke : eldest son of William, eques auratus : born at Hauxwell,
[Haukswell], Yorks. School : Bury St Edmunds, under M'' Leedes. Admitted
fellow-commoner under D'' Widdriiigton 16 April 1672. Age not given.
Born 19 Aug. 16.55. Matriculated 13 Dec. 1672 : resided till Lady Day 1673.
Son of Sir Will. Dalton of Haukswell (admitted 1647) by his wife Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill : brother of Darcy (1688). Succeeded his
father in 1675. Knighted 1676. Married Barbara, daughter of the Hon.
Henry Bellasis : by whom he had three daughters. Drowned 19 Feb. 1680 :
buried at Haukswell (Hunter, F.M.G. 914).
Hindle, Nathaniel : son of Henry : born at Halifax. School : Halifax, under
M'' Doughty. Admitted sizar under M'' Fairmedow 23 April 1672. Age
not given.
B.A. 1676 Mids. Ordained (as a student of Divinity), deacon, Norwich,
167f March; licensed to Trunch : priest, 1674 Feb.; licensed to Beeston St
Lawrence. Vicar of Ludliam 7 Aug. 1675. Vicar of Hickling 2 Sept. 1681-
1706 (Blometield, 5. 860). Rector of Potter-Heigham 1699 {ib. p. 865) : these
places are all near together.
Reynardson, Joseph : admitted as Rhenolson : son of Abraham, eques auratus.
Born at Totnam [Tottenham], Midds. School : Felstead, under M'' Glascock.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes 24 April 1672. Age 16.
Matric". not found. The father was a Sir Abraham Reynardson of London
(Le Neve's Knights) knighted 5 July 1660: unless this were the grand-
father. Other members of the family were London merchants (Foster,
Marriage Licenses).
Russell, Edward : son of Francis, baronet : born at Chipnam [Chippenham], Cambs.
School : Perse, under M"' Griffith. Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow
25 April 1672. Age not given.
Matric''. 4 July 1672. Baptised 12 Oct. 1654 at Chippenham, sixth son of
Sir Francis Russell, one of Cromwell's creations, who died 1664. His mother
was Catharine, daughter of John Wheatley of Catsfield, Sussex. Resided till
Mich". 1674, for the last year as "Russell senior" in the Study-rents: but
Russell junior (presumably the one admitted 1673) never appears. See — Russell
(1671).
Rawdon, Edward : sou of George, baronet : born at Lisbon [Lisburn], co. Antiim.
School : Kilkenny, under M"' Jones. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M-- Lovett 25 April 1672. Age 16.
Matric''. 4 July 1 672. Resided till Lady Day 1 675. Admitted at the Middle
Temple 2 Feb. 1674. Eldest son of Sir George Rawdon by his second wife
Dorothy, eldest daughter of the second Lord Convv'ay, whom he married in
1654 : the connexion with Christ's is doubtless through the mother or, rather,
her sister Anne, Lady Conwa}', More's friend. Sir George served with dis-
tinction during the Irish Rebellion, and after the Restoration ; when he built
and settled down at Moira and was very influential in Ulster till his death in
1684. Edward, the son, and his brother John both died before their father
(1684), who was succeeded by his third son, Arthur, educated at Dublin (D.N.B.
under his father).
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Rawdon, John: [birth, education &c., the same as Edward]. Admitted fellow-
commoner under M'' Lovett 25 April 1672. Age 15.
Matric'^. 13 Dec. 1672. Resided till Mich. 1674. Second son of Sir George.
See under Edward. Died before 168i.
Pish, Henry : son of Humphry : born at Northill, Beds. School : Sutton [1 Sutton
All Saints, near Potton], under M' Spalding. Admitted pensioner under
M' Leigh 25 April 1672. Age 16.
Matric". not found. Resided till Mich''. 1674. Son of Humphry Fish
(1645) of Ickwell, Beds. : last of the Beds, family of this name : which I cannot
connect with the Yorkshire branch, also largely represented here. Admitted
at Gray's Inn 25 March 1674.
Dalton, Samuel : son of John : born at Nottingham. School : private, at Mack-
worth, Derbs., under M' Ogdell [Ogden], (vol. i. p. 519). Admitted pensioner
under M'' Lovett 1 May 1672. Age 17.
Not found in Study-rents. Pi-obably Samuel Dalton of Derby, admitted at
the Inner Temple 19 May 1674: Mackworth, where the "silenced" M'' Ogden
had his school, is close to Derby. John maj' have been a cadet of the Hauks-
well family, many of whom were here.
Jenison, Matthew : son of Matthew : born at Newark. School: Repton. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M'' Leigh 1.3 May 1672. Age not given.
Resided till Mich. 1674. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 18 Nov. 1674.
Probably the Matt. Jenison who in 1717 gave six roods of land in the manor
of Southwell for the use of the poor in the township of Upton (Bailey, Annals
of Notts. 3. 1121).
Jenison, John : son of Matthew : born at Newark. School : Repton. Admitted
pensioner under M'' Leigh 13 May 1672. Age not given.
B.A. 167f ; M. A. 1679. Brother of Matthew. Ordained priest, Lincoln,
1 688 Aug. 4 : and rector of Sedgebrook, Lines. 6 Aug. Died at Sedgebrook
29 Dec. 1714 aged 59. M.I. in the church : " Memoria iusti est beuedicta."
Procter, Anthony : son of John : bom at Newcastle. School : " Coopin " [?],
under ^NP Garthwaite [a M'' Garthwaite was head-master of the school, New-
castle, before 1677]. Admitted pensioner under D' Widdrington 21 May 1672.
Age 18.
B.A. 1675. Was he nephew of the Ant. Procter (son of Anthony) of
Newcastle, admitted 16541 It is impossible to distinguish the history of this
man from that of Ant. Proctor, admitted ne.xt year : and there was a third
(of St John's) B.A. 1668. Perhaps curate of All Saints, Newcastle 1697-1703,
at latest (Brand, 1. 392). Probably one of the three was a member of
Frankland's Academy at Rathmell, admitted 7 April 1670: dead before 1698.
One was ordained priest, York, 16f^ March. One was master of Kirkby
Stephen school before 1684 and up to 1693 at least (see St John's Admission
book). One was rector of Dean, Cumberland, 1688-1705 (Whellan, 352).
Roos, John : son of Henry : born at Sne[i]nton, Notts. School : Nottingham,
under M"' Birch. Admitted sizar under M"' Fairmedovv 29 May 1672. Age 16.
B.A. 167|. The father was, probably, an elder of the Nottingham
(voluntary) Association (.see Shaw, 2. 453) after 1656. The son was ordained
deacon, York, 1677 Sept. : priest, 1679 June. Rector of Widmerpool, Notts.
18 Nov. 1680: and died before Sept. 1704. The John Roos (M.A.) who
became rector of Brant Broughton, Lines. 29 April 1689, can hardly be the
same : but I cannot find another with whom to identify him.
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Lee, Thomas : matric'^. John, but 1 by a copyist's error : son of Henry : born at
Burton on Trent. School : Ashby-de-la-Zouch, under M"" Shaw. Admitted
sizar under M"' Lovett 6 June 1672. Age 15.
B.A. (Thomas) 167|^. Thomas Lee of Christ's was ordained deacon, Lich-
field, 1677 Sept. but licensed to read prayers 30 Aug. [sic] 1677.
Bradshaw, Robert : son of John : born at Brighmate [Breightmet, near Bolton],
Lanes. School : Bolton, under M'' Shaftoe. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett
17 June 1672. Age 17.
B.A. 167|. Probably rector of Brereton near Sandbach, Cheshire, 1683:
if so, he exchanged it soon for Thurstaston, in Wirral, Feb. 168|. Died 1689
(Ornierod-Helsby, 2. 510; 3. 94).
Seddon, Thomas: sou of Robert: born at Kersl[e]y [near Bolton], Lanes. School:
Chowbent, under M'' Taylor. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 17 June 1672.
Age 17.
B.A. 167f. Probably son of Rob. Seddon (1646) the "silenced minister"
of Langley : who wandered for some years in Lancashire, finally settling at
Bolton. Thomas, the son, settled in the South : he was rector of East Wittering,
near Chichester 10 Oct. 1679: and also vicar of Sidlesham, a neighbouring
parish, 7 May 1680. Died 1688. Not to be confounded with Tho. Seddon,
an Oxonian, Canon of Hertford about the same time.
Rolle, Am.os : son of John : born at Yettington [? Yelverton], Devon. School :
Tiverton, under M' Hume. Admitted pensioner under D"' Widdrington
22 June 1672. Age 18. Become fellow-commoner, 26 June 1675.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1679.
Mallabarr, John : son of William : born at Newcastle. School : Newcastle, under
(1) M'' Oxley, (2) M'' Garthwaite. Admitted sizar under D"' Widdrington
24 June 1672. Age 19.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1679. Ordained deacon, London, 1678 May: priest,
Lincoln, 167f March, curate of " Kilshull " (perhaps Kelshall, Herts.). Vicar
of Great Gidding, Hunts. 12 April 1697-1714 : also vicar of Winwick, on the
presentation of Ralph, Earl Montague, May 1697 ; had leave of non-residence
there, August 1697.
Boteler, James : second son of Oliver, armiger : born at Harrold, Beds. School :
Brentwood, under M"^ Bernard. Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow
25 June 1672. Age 16.
Matric'5. (Butler) 4 July 1672 ; M.A. (jier lit. reg.) 1675. Brother of William
(1670). Buried in the chancel of Han-old church with his wife Judith : he
died 8 Jan. 1690 {'I 169J) in the 36th year of his age : she died 4 May 1712.
Near them lie a son James (aged 27) and a daughter (aged 30) : they were a
short-lived race : Oliver (the father) was 33 when he died. (Harvey, Hundred
of Willey, 337 : pedigree at p. 10.)
Fortescue, John : son of Thomas : born at Sperhall [Spernall], Warw. Taught
by M"^ Grove. Admitted pensioner under M"' Fairmedow 29 June 1672. Age 18.
Matric". not found: his name in Study-rents till Mich. 1673, but without
charge.
Benson, Harvey : sou of William : born in London. School : Giggleswick, under
M'' Briggs. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 1 July 1672. Age, nearly 16.
Matric''. 4 July : resided till Lady Day 1675.
Delaval, John : son of Ralph, baronet : born at Seaton-Delaval, Northumb''.
School : not given. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington 3 July 1672.
Age not given.
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Matric". not found : resided till Mich. 1675. Sir Ralph (created a baronet
1660) married Anne, daughter of Alexander, Earl of Leven. Sir John, their
fifth son, succeeded his eldest brother Sir Robert, who died 1682 (Kimber,
3. 176).
Greatorex, Isaac : admitted as Greatricks : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar
under M'' Fairmedow 3 July 1672.
B.A. (Greatorex) 167J. Ordained deacon (Greatorex), Lichfield, 1676 May:
licensed to be chaplain of Turnditch, Duffield.
Durham, William : admitted as Durrham : son of Robert : born at Hucklow,
Derbs. School : Wirksvvorth, under M' Crosedale. Admitted .sizar under
M'' Andrewes 23 Aug. 1672. Age not given.
B.A. (Durham) 167^. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1677 Sept. : priest,
Lincoln, 1 687 May ; curate of Brampton, Derbs. (Not the rector of St Mildred,
Bread Street (Davy), who was of Oxford and incorp"*. at Cambridge 1676.)
Layton, Thom.as : admitted as Laton : son of Robert, eques auratus : born at Sexow
[Sexhowe in Cleveland], Yorks. Taught by M'' Denton at Newton Grange
[called East Newton, near York, in St John's Adtn". hook\ Admitted
pensioner under M'' Lovett 7 Sept. 1672. Age 15.
Matric''. (Layton) 13 Dec. 1672. A Rob. Layton born 1625, was son of
Robert of West Layton, Yorks. (Dugdale, Vis^'-. 1665). Appears (without charge)
for three half-3rears : perhaps only in residence one term. Tho. Laton, son of
Sir Robert, was buried at Hutton Rudby, 7 Oct. 1678 (Ord, Cleveland, 473).
Pudsey, Ambrose : son of Ambrose, armiger : born at Bolton Hall, Yorks. School :
not given. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 7 Sept. 1672. Age not given.
Matric"*. 13 Dec. 1672. Son of Ambrose Pudsey and his wife Jane, daughter
of Sir Tho. Davison of Blakiston, Durham. The father, Ambrose, was Colonel
of a regiment of foot for the wapentakes of Staincliffe and Ewcrosse : died
before 1680. Admitted 14 Nov. 1682 at Gray's Inn as of Bolton and Barforth
(which latter he sold). Sheriff of Yorks. 1683 and 1693. Married Elizabeth,
daughter of Henry Marsden of Winnington by whom he had five sons (the
second an Ambrose who succeeded him) and three daughters. He was one
of the " Gentlemen Justices " who made answer to the interrogations re-
specting the election to Parliament in 1688. His answer at Skipton 14 Aug.
was " I shall give my vote for such persons as are of untainted loyalty.
I always lookt upon those laws which punished men for meer conscience to be
severe, and am desirous to live friendly with all men." To this answer the
King could take no exception. Buried at Bolton 7 May 1716 {Genealogist
N.S. 20. 20).
Bradley, Stephen : son of Edward : born at Alcester, Warwick. Taught by
M'' [Hen.] Teouge [rector of Alcester, adm. 1639]. Admitted sizar under
M'' Fairmedow 28 Sept. 1672. Age 16.
B.A. 167|. Ordained priest, Worcester, 167| March ; licensed to cure of
Harrington.
Lyddell, George : son of Thomas, eques auratus : born at Ravensworth Castle,
Durham. School : Morpeth, under M"' Spinck. Admitted pensioner under
D"- Widdrington 21 Oct. 1672. Age 17.
Matric". 13 Dec. 1672. Born 21 May 1655: son of Sir Thomas Lyddell
(164 J) of Ravensworth by his wife Anna, daughter of Sir Henry Vane of
Raby Castle. He was placed in 1669 (the first pupil at the Academy) under
the care of Ri. Frankland at Rathmell— a fact which D'' Widdrington did not
know, or did not mention. He was alive in 1697. Died uimiarried (Surtees,
2. 213).
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Batt, Michael : son of Michael : born at Monkton-Deverell, Wilts. School :
Salisburj', under M'' Taylor. Admitted at Lincoln College, O.xford 1671
[14 July]: at Christ's, sizar under M'' Andrewes 18 Nov. 1672. Age 18.
B.A. 1674; M.A. 1678. Ordained priest, Norwich, 167|- Feb. : licensed
to Ellingham, Norfolk. Rector of Mannington 10 Oct. 1678. Preacher at
St James', Bury St Edmunds, ca. 1686-1703. Rector of Chelmsford 22 May
1696. Author of a Visitation Semnon on i Cor. iv. 21, preached 5 May 1686.
Robartes, Charles : son of John, Lord Robartes of Truro : born at Landibrook
[Lanhydrock, near Bodmin]. School: not given. Admitted nobleman ("nobilis
accepit hospes ") under M'' Lovett 26 Nov. 1672. Age not given.
Matric'*. 19 March 167|. Youngest son of John, second Loi-d Robartes of
Truro, by his second marriage: brother of Francis (1663): and half brother
of John (1648) of Robert (1648) and of Hender (1650). Died unmarried.
(Burke, IJxt. Bar. 444.)
*Cudworth, John : son of Ralph : born in Cambridge. School : Stortford, under
M'^ [Jer.] Cudworth. Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes 24 Dec. 1672.
Age 16.
B.A. 167|- ; M.A. 1680. Son of the Master by his wife Damaris Andrewes:
his tutor was his half-brother. Elected Fellow before Xmas 1678 succeeding
Tho. Burnet. Ordained deacon and priest, Lincoln, (at Buckden) 1.5 July 1684.
Was Greek lecturer 1687 and 1688, and was at least occasionally resident : he
had one pupil in 1680 and one in 1692 : but he probably sat lightly on the
College. Senior Dean 1690. His father left him copyhold lands in Suffolk
which he enjoyed from 1688. His fellowship was declared void 27 Jan. 169^
"by reason of his having an estate," i.e. freehold lands at Southwold, Beding-
tield, Reddington and Allington, I presume after his mother's death. He
resided at Southwold, where he spent his time bemoaning his lot and com-
plaining of his relatives — other Cudworths. He died 9 Sept. 1726, leaving to
his nephew Francis Cudworth Masham, an estate of £500 a year. From
information received from J. Cudworth Whitebrook, Esq., I gather that toward
the end of his life he was of doubtful sanity.
Jackson, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Leeds. School : Leeds, under
M'' Gilbert. Admitted pensioner under M"' Faii'medow 4 March 167|. Age 16.
B.A. 167i. Ordained deacon, London, 167|- Feb. One of these names
was vicar of Albury, Herts. 1693, till his death before April 1724. (Cus-
sans I. ii. 169.)
Morrice, Robert : admitted as Morris : son of Robert : born at Barley, Yorks.
School : Leeds, under M"' Gilbert. Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow
4 March 167|. Age 16.
Matric'^. and B.A. 1676 Mids. (as Morrice).
Maude, Jonathan : also spelt Mawde : [no facts given]. Admitted 7 March
167f. [Tutor &c. not given.]
B.A. (Mawde) 167f ; M.A. 1680. Ordained deacon, York, 1680 Sept.
He probably belonged to the Halifax family. A Jonathan Maude died at
Halifax 1 Aug. 1686. Also a Doctor Jonathan Maude of Halifax died in
1684 (Hunter, F.M.G. 625): he had a son John who entered Oxford 1670:
and he may have sent another (this Jonathan) to Cambridge.
Power, Henry : son of John : born at Halifax. School : Pontefract, under
M"' Swift. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 9 April 1673. Age 17.
Matric"*. 8 April 1674. Probably a relative, pei-haps nephew, of Hen.
Power (1641), physician of Halifax.
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Pinney, John : admitted as Penny : son of John : born at Bettescomb [Bettis-
combe], Somerset [Dorset]. School : Axrainster, under M'' Barber. Admitted
pensioner under M'' Andrewes 9 April 1673. Age not given.
Matric". not found. Born 1654, son of John Pinney, clerk, of Broad-
winsor, brother of Azariah Pinney : not given in the Pinney pedigree in
Burke. The father was a Puritan, who accepted the Parliamentary conditions
and was appointed vicar of Broad winsor : he was ejected in 1661. A son,
Azariah, joined the Monmouth rebellion, was ransomed from personal servi-
tude, went to Nevis and became a successful sugar planter there. John
Pinney (the father) died at Bettisconibe in 1705. His son, our man, died
1679. M.I. to the two in Bettiscombe Church. (Information from the Rev.
Frank Penny.)
Anger, John : [no facts of any kind given].
Hall, Edmund : son of Martin : [but the birth-place not given]. Educated for
four years at Edinburgh University. Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdring-
ton 14 April 1673. Age not given.
Matric". not found. Perhaps uncle of Edward and Martin Hall admitted
1695^: they were of Apsley Guise, Beds. Appears as M'' Hall, i.e. a fellow-
commoner, before Lady Day 1675 : when he ceased to reside.
Buck, John : son of John : born at Darnbrook. School : Horton [Halton] Gill
[in Littondale, Craven], under M'' Hargrave. Admitted sizar under M'' Bolton
14 April 1673. Age 19.
Matric-i. 3 July 1673.
Proctor, Anthony : son of Thomas : born at Tawler [?], Yorks. School : Har-
dicker [? Hardwick, near Pontefract], Yorks. Admitted sizar to M'^ Tui-ner
(surety M"' Lovett) \i(1) April 1673. Age not given.
B.A. 1676 Mids. See under Ant. Procter (1672).
Winn, Richard : son of Richard, armiger : born in London. School : St Paul's,
under (1) M'' Crumbleholme, (2) M'' Gale. Admitted pensioner under
M'' Andrewes 26 April 1673. Age 17.
Matric". not found. Resided till about June 1676. Admitted at the
Inner Temple 3 Oct. 1676 — unless he be the man of the same name admitted
there 4 Dec. 1673 — this one was of St Martin in the Fields. One of these I
take to be the Ri. Wynn who was Serjeant-at-law 1710, and M.P. for Boston
1708-22 : possibly he was also eldest son of Ri. Wynne, of Guisborough,
Yorks. who died 1653 and left to his eldest son Richard £700 either at the
age of 25, or when he shall have served his ajjprenticeship and be made a
freeman of the City of London : his third son John to have £100 on like
conditions (Yoi-ksh. IRWs, 9. 66). He gave £21. 10s. to the beautifying of the
Chapel in 1702.
Nichols, John: [no facts given]. Admitted 26 April 1673. [Status and tutor
omitted.]
B.A. 1671; M.A. 1681. One John ISTichols was vicar of "Dichalling"
[Ditchling], Sussex 20 July 1692. One, perhaps the same, was vicar of
Sheldwick, near Faversham, Kent, 1703-14 : rector of Fordwich, Canterbury,
1714 {Arch. Cant. 18. 300).
Brunning, Benjamin : son of Benjamin : born at Ipswich. School : Wood-
bridge. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 2 May 1673. Age not given.
B.A. 1674' ; M.A. 1681. The father, I presume, was the Ben. Brunning,
Fellow of Jesus, who was rector of Great Waldingfield, Sutiblk (JVorir. Jieg''.),
and ejected from Ipswich in 1662 (Calamy-Palmer, 2. 428). Benjamin, the
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son, was ordained deacon, Norwich, 1679 Dec. : priest, 16|^ March. Pre-
sented by Dean Honywood to the vicarage of Edwinstowe, Notts. 5 April
1680: resigned 1682. Vicar of St Mary-le-Wigford, Lincoln, 2 May 1681:
which he ceded before 6 March 1685. After this he does not reappear in the
Lincoln diocese. I suppose that it was the father who was buried in Ipswich
parish church, with his wife and daughter, in 1688 (Clarke, Ipsivich, 305).
Peach, John : son of William : born at " oppidum Cestrense " [Chichester],
Sussex. School : not given. Admitted, after keeping four terms at New Inn
Hall (Novi Hospitii Aula), Oxford, pensioner under M'' Andrewes 4 May 1673.
Age not given.
Matric". not found : not in Study-rents. He possibly came to Cambridge
for a while, but before he was of standing for a degree returned to Oxford ;
where John Peche, son of Will, of Chiche.ster, gent., matriculated 22 March
167-1- ; B.A. 1675; M.A. 1678 : admitted (as Pechey) licentiate of the College
of Physicians 1684 (Munk, 1. 433 : Al. Ox. 1135).
Staples, Samuel : son of Samuel : born at Willesley, Derbs. School : Ashby-de-
la-Zouch, under M' Shaw. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Andrewes
29 May 1673. Age 17.
Matric". not found. Sam. Staples, the father, was admitted 1649. The
son was admitted at Gray's Inn 23 June 1675, as of Nottingham, gent.
Feme, Joseph : admitted as Pearn : son of George : born at Fairfield, Derbs.
School : Ashby-de-la-Zouch, under M'' Shaw. Admitted sizar under M"' An-
drewes 29 May 1673. Age 19.
B.A. (Feme) 167| ; M.A. 1680. Ordained (as Jos. Feme of Hope) deacon,
Lichfield, 1677 Sept. : priest, 1679 June. Probably curate of Baslow, Derbs.
1678-81. Rector of Matlock 1688-1716, when he died. (Cox, Derhs.
churches, 2. 526.)
Willson, Edmund : son of Nicholas : of Norfolk. School : Holt, under M'' Bain-
bridge. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 29 May (?) 1673. Age 18.
Matric". not found : not in Study-rents.
Foxcroft, Richard : son of Edward : born at Thornton, Yorks. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 29 iMay (1) 1673. Age 16.
B.A. 167^-. Ordained deacon, York, 1679 June: priest, 168f Feb. Pos-
sibly one of Ri. Frankland's pupils from 20 June 1674 : but he cannot have
been absent from Cambridge more than a year. Perhaps rector of Hoole,
Lanes. : presented in 1686 by James II: held it till 1701 when he resigned.
(Croston-Baines, 4. 138.)
Brown, Thomas : son of John : of Yorkshire. School : Giggleswick, under
M"- Briggs. Admitted .sizar under M"- Lovett 29 May (?) 1673. Age 16.
Matric**. 3 July 1673. See Tho. Brown of 1671 (page 35).
AUgood, Bartholomew: son of Lansler [sic = Lancelot] : born at Haxum [Hexham],
Northumberland. Educated at Hexham by M'^ Rechell [Ritschell, vicar].
Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 7 June 1673. Age 17.
B.A. 1676 Mids. Younger brother of Major (1659), and son of Lancelot,
the bailifl" of Hexham. Ordained priest, Norwich, 1677 Sept. Presented to
Wiggenhall St Garmond [Germans], Norfolk, 4 Sept. 1677. Rector of Ash-
wicken, near Lynn, 26 Jan. 16g-^1716 (Blomefield, 4. 472).
Munford, Richard : son of Augustine : born in London. School : Hackney,
under M"^ Batchelour. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Lovett 12 June 1673.
Age 16.
Matric". not found : neither does he appear in Study-rents.
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Baxter, Edward : son of Edward : born at Carl(e)ton, Lines. School : Lincoln.
Admitted pensioner under M"' Smithson 13 June 1673. Age 20. A fellow-
couniioner 26 June 1675.
B.A. 1676 Mids. Ordained deacon, London, 1676 Sept. : prie.st, York,
168^ Feb. Rector of Dinnington near Rotherham 28 Feb. 168f.
Hearn, — : [no facts at all].
Goodwin, Samuel : son of Samuel : born at Little Eaton, Derbs. School :
Derby, under M"' Matthews. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett. [No
date, or age, given.]
Matric*. 8 April 1674. Perhaps son of Sam. Goodwin (1635). One Sam.
Goodwin, clerk, curate of St Mary, Whitechapel 11 Dec. 1674. One rector of
Stone, Kent Aug. 1681, collated by the Bishop: but perhaps of Wadham,
Oxford. (.1/. Ox. 585.)
Midford, — : [no facts at all].
Perhaps a brother of Will. Midford, admitted 1669. A — Midford a})pears
in Study-rents among M"' Fairmedow's pupils till Lady Day 1675.
Wood, — : [no facts at all].
Russell, — : [no Christian name, or other facts]. Admitted pensioner under
M^ Fairmedow 16 Oct. 1673.
See — Russell, admitted 1671.
Edgley, William : son of William : born " foronovii " [Newmarket], in the Suffolk
quarter of the town. School : Bradley, Suffolk, under M"' Billingsley. Ad-
mitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 1 Nov. 1673. Age 16.
B.A. (Edgely) 167|; M.A. (Edgley) 1682. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1679 Dec. : priest, Norwich, 168| March. Probably rector of Stradishall,
Suffolk 1701. Died 1733, and was buried there.
Cudworth, Charles:
First found in the Lambeth Register 30 July 1681 where he describes him-
self as M.A. of Christ's College, [aged] over 24 years, and as being "by the
locall statutes of the College obliged to be in full Orders, petitions his Grace
for his licence or faculty whereby he may be eaabled to receive the Holy
Orders of Deacon and Priest at one and the same time from any Bishop."
The petition was granted. There is no record of any Cha. Cudworth as M.A.,
or of Christ's, still less as a Fellow, who alone could be bound in this matter
by the statutes. The simplest explanation is that this Cha. Cudworth made
a false representation. He may be a son of the Master and admitted between
Mich. 1677 and Mich. 1678 for which time the Adm. Book is blank : but he
never graduated. If he was not ordained, he cannot be the S(m of D'' Cud-
worth, of immoral life, who applied (as recorded by Bishop Sherlock) for
a prebend of Westminster, and was refused. But he is probably the Cha.
Cudworth who appears in India in 1683. This is his record. "Factory
Records, Kasinbazar III. Diary for Aug. 1683: Sunday, 19th: M"^ Cha.
Cudworth arrived from Maulda, who is ordered to reside. Diary for Feb.
168| : M'' Cha. Cudworth was married to the widow M''^ Mary Prickman,
daughter of M'' Cole deceased, and formerly wife to M'' Jonathan Prickman,
second of Maulda : the marriage was solemnised by M'' Joh. Hayes after the
manner of the Church of England. (Undated, but probably 12 Feb.) Diary
for March 168-^ : Wedne.sday 19 : M"' Cha. Cudworth, 3rd of Council, departed
this life last night about midnight, having been a long time sick of a flux."
A M'^ John Haynes (?) married his widow (J. C. W.). Presumably this
Charles is the brother of Damaris, Lady Masham, Ralph's daughter, of whom
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John Locke heard at Oates, while living there with Lady Masham and to
whom he wrote 27 April 1683 (see King's Life and Correspondence of Locke,
2. 17), beginning " Tho' you are got quite to the other side of the world,
yet you ceese not to make new acquaintance here : and the character you have
left behind you makes your acquaintance to be sought after to the remotest
parts of the earth." Locke continues that he has observed Lady Masham to
speak of her brother " with more tenderness and concern than all the rest of
the world " : and as she is so good a judge he feels that her brother's friend-
ship is not the least favour she has done him. It should be noted, however,
that the name of the brother is not given by Locke : JVI"' Fox Bourne (Life of
Locke, 1. •i74) says it was written to Thomas Cudworth, " a son of the Master,"
I do not know on what evidence. He adds "' Young Cudworth was a Fellow
of Christ's College, who at the close of 1679 had obtained a seven years dis-
pensation, extended in 1686 for another seven years in order that he might
visit and reside in India." Now a Thomas Cudworth was Fellow but only
from 1685 to 1687 : he was son, not of Ralph, but of John, the girdler, of
London, Ralph's brother ; therefore cousin, not brother, to Damaris Masham :
therefore Locke's letter is certainly not to him. It is possible that Ralph
also had a son Thomas: he may have been the Thomas M.A. 1682 (whom
see, page 70) : there is evidence from the Study-i'ents that there were two
Cudworths in residence at the same time : see under Tho. Cudworth, page 64.
I have been unable to find the dispensations in the Ccd. Doin. State Papers to
which M"' Fox Bourne alludes : but whatever thej' be, they cannot alter the
facts given above. I think there can be little doubt that Locke wrote to
Charles Cudworth : Lady Masham may have had insight into the real
character of a brother, who on other evidence seems to have been quite
unsatisfactory. A Rob. Cudworth, son of Charles, was admitted in 1699 : it is
natural to guess that he was a posthumous son of this Charles : if so he was
barely 15 at admission : whereas the age given is 17 : but that proves little.
Atkinson, — : [no Christian name or facts given]. Admitted sizar under
M-- Lovett 12 Feb. 167f.
B.A. (Peter Atkinson) 167f. Ordained deacon, York, 1678 Dec. : priest,
16j^ March. Perhaps the Peter Atkinson B.A. licensed to preach at Dunsby
near Bourne, Lines. 6 May 1684.
Pybus, Robert : son of John : born at Thrisk [Thirsk], Yorks. School : St Paul's,
under M'' Gale (" doctor celeber "). Admitted pensioner under M'' Andrewes
18 Feb. 167f. Age 17.
B.A. 167|-. John Pybus of Thirsk (1623-73) married Anne Wilson, also of
Thirsk. Their third sou, Robert, was born Aug. 1654 [sic]. Died Nov. 1683.
(Hutchins, Dorset, 2. 237.)
Nightingale, Robert : son of Thomas, baronet : born at Great Bookham, Surrey.
School: Stortford, under (1) M'' Cudworth, (2) INl'' Conway. Admitted fellow-
commoner under M'' Leigh 11 March 167|. Age 16.
Robert Nightingale, son of Sir Thomas, of Langley, Essex, was admitted
at Gray's Inn 14 Nov. 1676. Grandson (?) of the Sir Thomas who was created
1628 and built Clavering Park (so Morant).
Crompton, John : admitted as Crumpton : [father not given] : born in London.
School : St Paul's, under (1) M"' Crumbleholme "6 fx.aKapiTri's, 6 Trdvv" [he died
1672], (2) M"- Gale. Admitted sizar under M-- Turner 28 March 1674. Age not
given.
B.A. (Crompton) 167|^. Probably the John Crompton, of Christ's, of
20 years' practice in physic, said to be of 12 years' standing, who received the
degree of D'' in Physic (Lambeth) 26 Nov. 1701 {Lamh. Reg''.).
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Browne, Edward : son of John : born at Milton, Leics. School : Milton, under
M'' Daffey. Admitted sizar under M"' An(h-ewes 1 April 1674-. Age 18.
B.A. 167|-. One of these names resigned the rectory of Waltham-on-the-
Wolds, Leics. before May 1692. One was vicar of Thorpe Arnold, 16 June
1693. One was vicar of " Hanningdown alias West Wycombe" Bucks.
20 Feb. 17 If
Sumpner, Samuel : [father not given] : born at Black Notley, Essex. School :
Felstead, under M'' Glascock. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 16 April 1674.
Age 18.
B.A. 167|.
Fenton, William : son of William : born at Leeds. School : Leeds, under
M'' Gilbert. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 25 April 1674. Age 17.
Matric"*. 9 July 1674 : resided till June or Mich. 1675.
Ixem, Thomas : son of John : born at Burton-Lazars, Leics. School : Laughton-
[en-le-Morthen], Yorks., under M"' Bromhead. Admitted sizar under D"' More
(surety M'' Lovett) 28 April 1674. Age 17.
B.A. 167|-. Perhaps son of John Ixem, admitted 1636 (who was beneficed
for a short time in Northants.), and brother of John (1670). Tho. Ixem
(described as M.A., probably by error) was ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1679
June, and licensed to cure of Clavering, Essex: priest, 1681 Dec, licensed to
Great Munden. Vicar of Helpston 1682-1702. Rector of Folkingham, Lines,
(patron Ri. Wynn, armiger, perhaps the man admitted 1673) 10 Nov. 1702:
buried there 3 March 172^.
Naylour, Charles : son of Charles : born at Wakefield. School : Wakefield, under
M"' Baskerville. Admitted pensioner [tutor not given] 1 May 1674. Age 15.
Matric-i. (Nailour) 9 July 1674 : resided till Mich. 1676.
Ward, Richard: son of John: born at Sheering, Essex. School: Stortford, under
M' Conway. Admitted sizar under M"' Leigh 8 May 1674. Age 16.
B.A. 167|-; M.A. 1681. Ordained deacon, London, 1678 Dec: priest,
London, 1680 Dec. Rector of Ingoldsby in succession to Mich. Selby who
was buried Jan. 1684 : presented by D'' Henry More 1684 : died rector before
March 172|^ : but seems not to have resided later than 1707. He was also rector
of Belton, six miles distant, 14 Dec. 1710-1724 (Tumor's Grantham, p. 98) by
dispensation from Lambeth, on the presentation of Dame Alice Brownlow.
Author : Life of Henry More : but the life contains nothing which bears
on the life of the writer.
Iver, Elnathan : son of George : born at Brandford [Brentford], Midds. School :
Thistleworth [Isleworth], under M'' Willis. Admitted sizar under M^ Turner
9 May 1674. Age 18.
B.A. 1677 Mids. One E. Ivor ordained priest, Chichester, 1708 Sept.
Vicar of Ditchling, Sussex 10 Aug. 1715-1721, when he died. Also vicar
of Wivelsfield 1718 till his death. Will dated 19 June 1721: apparently
unmarried, as he mentions only three sisters. Desired to be buried at the
N. W. side of the church " in the out-bounds of the rock, with as little
company and charge as possible." Died 30 July 1721, age 66. M.I. outside
west door of the church : but in the parish register he is given as buried Oct. 2
(probably by error for Aug. 2). (Inform", from Rev. F. C. Norton, vicar.)
Whether he was ordained late in life, or only deferred his priest's orders to the
age of 53 cannot be decided.
Legard, Zachary: son of Robert: born at Scarborough. Educated at Helmsley
by his brother Charles [of Sidney]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 9 May
1674. Age 16.
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B.A. 1680. Ordained deacon, York, 1680 Sept. : priest, 1682 June.
I cannot connect him with the Legards of Ganton, Yorks., E.R. (pedigree
in Genealogist, N.S. 22) : but two sons of Sir John of Ganton, Thomas and
William, were admitted here April 1677.
Lancaster, Timothy : " Colonus Trinitoniensis qui plura desiderat " [no more
facts]. Admitted sizar [tutor not given] 20 May 1674.
Matric". not found, here or elsewhere. B.A. 1674 Mids., having kept his
terms before admission here. " Trinitoniensis " seems formed on the analogy
of Oxoniensis : so perhaps he was of Trin. Coll. Dublin : the last words, and
the absence of further data (which it would be natural to give, if of Trin. Coll.
Cambridge) point the same way. Possibly he was vicar of " Aykesgarth "
[Aysgarth, Yorks.], March 168| on the presentation of Trinity College,
Cambridge.
Willey, Edward: son of Edward: born at Hulme [?], Yorks. School: Danby
[Wiske], under M'' Smelt. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 22 May 1674.
Age 18.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1681. Ordained deacon, York, 1678 Sept.: priest, 1679
Sept. Vicar of SherrifF Hutton (north of York) 15 April 1700. Buried there,
at the age of 81 [sic] after an incumbency of 34 years [sic], 10 Dec. 1735 :
"God grant that we may live and dye like him " is added to the entrj' in the
register.
Ward, James : son of William : born at Settle. School : Giggleswick, under
M'' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 23 May 1674. Age 19.
B.A. 167|. Ordained deacon, York, 1678 Sept. : priest, 168| March.
Bernard, Daniel: admitted as Barnard : son of Daniel : born at Burntwood [Brent-
wood], Essex. School : Brentwood, under M'' Bernard, his father. Admitted
sizar under M'' Lovett 26 May 1674. Age 17.
Matric''. (Bernard) 9 July 1674. Seems to have resided till Lady Day 1 675,
and his name is in Study-rents, without charge, for a year longer. Daniel, the
father, was licensed to teach grammar at South Weal(d), Essex in 1661.
Golty, Samuel : son of Richard : born at Hutton, Essex. School : Brentwood,
under M'' Bernard. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett 26 May 1674.
Age 16.
B.A. 167|^. Richard, the father, was minister of Hutton near Brentwood
in 1648 and rector of Bradwell 24 June 1673. A Sam. Golty, rector of
St Clement's, Ipswich, and of Dennington till his death in 1683, was of
St Catharine's and possibly uncle of our Samuel : who was ordained deacon,
London, 1679 Dec.
Park, Laurence : son of John : born at Waberthwaite, Cumberland. School :
Kendal, under M"^ Jackson. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 28 May 1674.
Age 21.
B.A. 1678 Mids. One of these names was rector of Barton St Andrew,
Norfolk, 1689-1716 : and also vicar of Wiggenhall St Mary, till his death in
1716. (Blomefield, 4. 52, 767.) The praelector (John Turner) gives the
following incoherent account of M"' Park's entrance at (and, apparently, his
first exit from) Cambridge. " Academiam pauper adiit, sed tempore quo
diuit(is), (at end of line) haereditatem (? verb omitted) eodem animo quo
theatrum ille qui ideo venerat tantum ut exiret, nam uatus annos 21 et quod
excurrit, quod erat opinor temporis non plane nihil, saltern si anni tarn longi sunt
in Borea degentibus quam sunt miliaria, quum sizatoribus dedisset nomen
sponsore magistro Lovett, eosdera calceos itineris utriusque comites mira celeri-
tate domum repertavit." He finally declared for life in the south !
1674 53
Siinger, John : [no facts given]. Admitted 30 May 1674.
Perhaps third son of Tempest Siinger of Catlovv, Yorks., and brother of
Nic. Siinger admitted 1670. Not found in Study-rents.
Barwick, William : [no facts given]. Admitted 30 May 1674.
Matric''. pensioner 9 Julj' 1674: B.A. 167|. Ordained deacon, York,
1678 Dec.
Bean, John : [father not given] : born at West Stanley [near Wakefield], Yorks.
Taught by M'' Wright. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 30 May 1674.
Age not given.
B.A. (Beane) 167|. Ordained deacon, York, 1679 June: priest, Sept.
Rector of Brandsby near Gilling, Yorks. 1682; which he held till his death
more than 50 years later. He was buried 15 Nov. 1733, and Ann, presumably
his wife, on 26 December of the same year. Baptisms of one daughter (Anna)
and four sons, John, George, William and Thomas, occur between 1694 and
1705 (Rev. W. M. Scott, vicar).
Poynton, Ellis : or Elias : son of Edward : born at Little Huckley [Hucklow, in
Hope parish], Derbs. School ; Dronfield, under M'' Mason. Admitted sizar
under M'' Andrewes 1 June 1674. Age 18.
B.A. (Elias) 1677 Mids. Brother of John, admitted 1666: the father
Edward, died 1674, and was buried at Hope. Ordained (Elias) deacon,
Lichfield, 1677 Sept. ; priest, York, 1681 Sept. Vicar of Alveton, Stag's.
2 Jan. 169|, presented by Geo. Rodney of Bridges. Vicar of Rocester, Staffs.
4 July 1698. Married Alice, daughter of Tho. Pendleton, and had many
children. Died 20 April 1699 "deservedly lamented" (M.I. in Rocester church).
His widow died Sept. 1701. (Rev. F. J. Poynton of Kelston, Bath.)
Sedgwick, — : [no Christian name or father]. [Admitted at Magdalene.] At
Christ's sizar 5 June 1674.
B.A. (Ri. Sedgswicke) 1674 Mids. Instituted, as of Christ's College (see
Baker, Northants. 1. 29), rector of Little Billing, 9 June 1718, patron, George
Dixon: buried there 15 Sept. 1737.
Scruton, Richard : [father not given] : born in Scruton, Richmondshire. School :
Bishop Wearmouth, under M'' Broughton. Admitted sizar under M"' Andrewes
5 June 1674. Age not given.
B.A. 167^ ; M.A. 1681. Rector of Middleton St George, Durham 1690-3
(Surtees, 3. 224).
Grey, Ralph : [father not given, nor birthplace]. School : Houghton-[le-Spring,
Durham], under M'' Caunt. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 5 June 1674.
Age 16.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1686. One Ra. Grey, son of Ralph of Bradford near
Bamburgh, and of Eliz. Burrell, was born Dec. 1656 (Bateson, Nortliuiah'^.
1. 305). Ordained priest, Lincoln, 168^ Feb. According to Davy Ra. Grey
was curate of All Saints, Newcastle, 1686 : but Brand does not give him.
Ralph the elder was son of John (himself third son of Sir Ralph of Chillingham)
who bought Bradford of Thomas Bradford, a Colonel in the Parliamentarian
army, killed in Ireland.
Purchas, Thomas : son of Benjamin : born at Richmond. School : " Mask "
[Marske], under M'' Sedgwick. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 5 June
1674. Age 16.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1681. Ordained deacon, York, 168-| March; priest,
168| Feb. Of Langton near Richmond. Married 27 Dec. 1682 Catharine
Thornton of East Newton, Yorks. (Hunter, F.M.G. 768).
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Fawcet, John : son of Giles : born at Marrich Abbot [near Richmond], Yorks.
School : Marske, under M'' Sedgwick. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 5 June
1674. Age 18.
B.A. (Fawcitt) 1677 Mids. ; M.A. 1681. Ordained deacon, York, 1677
July : priest, 1681 May.
Lakeland, Richard : [father not given] : born at Stainforth [near Settle], Yorks.
School : Gigt;leswick, under M'' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett
8 June 167£ Age 19.
B.A. 1677 Mids.
Sylvester, Nicholas: son of James : born at Twyford, Stafifs. [? Derbs.] School :
Tam worth, under M"' Antrobus. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 10 June
1674. Age 17.
B.A. 167|^. Ordained deacon, York, 1680 June: priest, 1681 May. One
of these names rector of Shirland 1681—8. (Cox, Derbs. Churches, 4. 477.)
Hankey, Henry : son of " Ericius " [John Turner (praelector) writes " Ericius,"
by mistake for Henricus] : born at Knutsford, Cheshire. School : Tamworth,
under M'' Antrobus. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 10 June 1674. Age 16.
B.A. 167|- (Hen. Hankey). Ordained deacon (Henry), Worcester, Dec.
1679 ; and curate of Tamworth. Probably the Henry Hankey B.A. who was
rector of Wanstead, Essex, 26 Nov. 1689. Died there before July 1707.
Marley, Philip : admitted as Morley : son of Cuthbert : born at Winston,
Durham. School : Brignall, under M'' Jo(h)nson. Admitted pensioner under
M'' Andrewes 20 June 1674. Age 17.
B.A. (Marley) 167|. Son of Cuthbert Marley (1640) afterwards rector of
Winston (1660-72). The last of his name at the College.
Man, John: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 20 June 1674.
Age not given.
B.A. (Mann) 167|.
White, Robert : son of Thomas : born at Bondon [?], Durham. School : Durham,
under M'' Battersby. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 27 June 1674.
Age 17.
B.A. 1677 Mids.
Blanchard, Richard : son of Richard : born at York. School : " Potington "
[Pocklington], "institutus quantum eius indoles ferebat," under M'' Ellison.
Admitted pensioner under D"' Widdrington 29 June 1674. Age 15.
Matric". 9 July 1674: resided till Mich. 1675. Admitted at the Inner
Temple 18 Nov. 1675. His son William born at " Akam " [1 Acklam], Yorks.
was admitted 1706.
Webster, Robert : [probably Joseph] : son of Henry : born at Bourningham
[1 Birmingham], Warwick. School : Bourningham, under M"' Brokesley. Ad-
mitted sizar under M' Fairmedow 29 June 1674. Age 17.
Robert Webster is not elsewhere found : but Joseph Webster was matric''.
July 1677 : B.A. 1677 Mids. : ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1679 Sept.
Jackson, Sanmel : son of Charles : born at Oxton, Notts. School : Oxton, under
M'' Birch. Admitted sizar under M"' Fairmedow 1 July 1674. Age 18.
Probably never resided.
Daniel, Samuel: son of John: born at Hartshorn, Derbs. School: Repton, under
M' Litherland. Admitted sizar under M'' Andrewes 3 July 1674. Age 20.
B.A. 167|-; M.A. 1683. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1678 Sept.: priest,
Lincoln, 1680 June. Vicar of Rothley, Leics. 25 June 1691—1734. Chaplain
1674 55
to the E.ii'l of Burlington : as such licensed to hold also Cossington (patron
Tho. Babiiigton) 3 Aug. ITO-t. Died 30 Oct. 1735, aged 82 ; and buried in the
church at Rothley. (Rev. Ri. Burton, vicar.)
Blaickley, John : admitted as Blakelay : [matric''. Blackley] : [father not given] :
born at Hanworth. School : Merchant Taylors', under D'' Goad. Admitted
pensioner under M'" Lovett -1 July 1674. Age 16.
B.A. (Blaickley) 167|^; M.A. 1681. Ordained deacon (Blaickley), London,
1678 Sept. : priest, 1681 May.
Ward, Roger : son of Northcoate : born at Skipton. School : Giggleswick, under
M"' Briggs. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 4 July 1674. Age 14.
Matric''. 24 March 1674: resided till Mich. 1675. One Roger Ward was
apprenticed to Tho. Dealtry, apothecary of York in 1677 : admitted into the
Merchants' Company 1683. Married 1697 Eliz. Bolton of St Belfry's, York.
Will proved by his widow 1714 (Forks. Arch. Journal, 2. 115).
Cleaveland, William : son of William : born at Oldbury, Salop. School :
" Laterdini " [probably Leintvvardine, Hereford], under M"' Lloyd. Admitted
sizar under M"' Lovett 7 July 1674. Age 17.
B.A. 167| ; M.A. 1681. Son of Will. Cleveland, brother of John, the poet,
and rector of Oldbury who died 1666. Ordained deacon, Worcester, March
167|-; curate of Buildwas. Married Elizabeth, daughter of John Rogerson of
Bridgnorth. Rector of Upton Cres.sett, near Bridgnorth, 1681. Vicar of
Dudley, Worcs. 1684. Died there 5 June 1721. (Nichols' Hinckley, 135.)
Harrison, — •: [no facts given]. Admitted 7 July 1674.
Probably Rob. Harrison, B.A. 1677 Mids. ; M.A. 1682. Born at Hadleigh,
Suffolk, about 1657. Ordained deacon, London, 1678 Dec. ; priest, Norwich,
1682 Dec. One Rob. Harrison M.A. rector of Great Horkesley, Essex
29 Aug. 1683-1733, when he died. Two others possible, beneficed one in
Leics. (but probably of Magd. Hall, Oxford) : the other in Cheshire.
Fetherstone, George : son of William : born near Carlisle. School : Holt,
Norfolk, under M' Bainbridge. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 8 July 1674.
Age 16.
B.A. 167|^ ; M.A. 1682. Born at Alston in Cumberland. Ordained deacon,
Norwich, 1678 Sept., and licensed to Foardam [Fordham], Cambs. : priest, 1680
June. Rector of Bintree, Norfolk 1688-1721 (Blomefield, 4. 372). Is he also
the Geo. Fetherstonehaugh (as given by Blomefield) rector of North Creake,
who died 1721 {ib. 4. 378) «
Smelt, Leonard : son of Leonard ; born at Kirkby Fleetham. School : North-
allerton, under M"' Smelt. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Leigh
23 Sept. 1674. Age 16.
Resided till Lady Day 1677. Admitted at Gray's Inn 6 May 1675. Eldest
son of Leonard of Kirkby Fleetham by his wife Anne, daughter of John
Wastell of Scorton : and first cousin of Thomas, admitted 1663. Inherited
under his grandfather's will £20 yearly from 17 to 25, to pay for his education
{Yorksh. Wills, ix. 166). M.P. for Northallerton 171.3, 1714, 1722 and 1727.
Married Grace, daughter of Sir Will. Franklin (or Frankland) of Thirkleby,
son of Sir Henry, admitted 1626. Dissipated his property, and disinherited
his eldest son. His second son, William, was father of Leonard Smelt, the
engineer (see D.N.B.).
Smelt, John : son of Leonard : born at Kirkby Fleetham. School : Northallerton,
under M'' Smelt. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Leigh 23 Sept. 1674.
Age 15.
Brother of Leonard. Resided till Lady Day 1677. Admitted at Gray's Inn
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6 May 1675. I do not know in what relation these two Smelts stood to their
school-master Tho. Smelt, who was not himself of Christ's, but sent here his
two sons, Lucas in 1660 and Thomas in 1664, and many other pupils. Possibly
he was uncle of Leonard Smelt, senior, who was of Siduey.
Danby, John: son of Thomas: born at Keighley, Yorks. School: Bingley, under
M' Rawson. Admitted sizar under M'' Leigh 23 Sept. 1674. Age 17.
B.A. 167f. Thomas, the father, was vicar of Keighley 1660-75. John,
the son, was ordained deacon, York, 1679 Dec.
Danby, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Keighley, Yorks. School : Bingley,
under M' Rawson. Admitted sizar under M'^ Leigh 23 Sept. 1674. Age 14.
B.A. 167f. Brother of John (above). Ordained deacon, York, 168.V March:
priest, 168f Feb. One Tho. Danby rector of Shawell, Leics. 8 July 1692, but
removed 1696, it is supposed through some defect in his title (Nichols, 4. 340).
He was presented by one Thomas Pryor, patron for this turn only. One of
the.se names was vicar of Preston, Northants. 29 April 1720.
Parkes, Christopher : son of Christopher : born at Bolton on Swale. School :
Thornton, under M"' -Parkes. Admitted sizar under M'' Leigh 23 Sept. 1674.
Age 16.
Matric''. 1.5 Dec. 1674. Buried at Great St Andrew's ("Parkes, scholar")
17 April 1676.
Percevale, Robert (or John) : son of John, baronet : born at Kinsale, Ireland.
Taught " sub informatore non uno." Admitted fellow-commoner under D'' Wid-
drington 15 Oct. 1674. Age 16.
Matric''. as John Percevale, 15 Dec. 1674. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn
5 Feb. 167f. Sir John of Tickenham, Somerset, and of Burton, County Cork
married Catharine, daughter of Rob. Southwell of Kinsale ; — a man (says
R. Widdrington) " tam Uteris quam in litteratos amore celeberrimus " :
Sir John was sent over to Ireland in 1653 to arrange for the transportation
of Roman Catholics into Connaught : afterwards he was sworn of Charles II's
privy council. Robert (born 8 Feb. 1657) was murdered by an unknown hand in
the Strand 5 June 1677 and buried at Lincoln's Inn. John, the next brother,
succeeded his father in the Baronetcy (Collins' Peerage, 7. 382). Only one
was resident here — and that for the half-year ending Lady Day 1675.
Norwich, Joseph : son of John, baronet : born at Brampton, Northants. School :
Harborough. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 30 Oct. 1674. Age 19.
Resided till Lady Day 1678. Third (and youngest) of the sons of Sir John
Norwich (1629), of Brampton, who succeeded him, at this College : the only son
of his second wife, Mary, daughter of Ri. Atkins of Cheshunt. He is not
found in the pedigree in Bridges {Northants. 2. 282), but is given by Nichols
{Leics. II. ii. 519). He was born 1655, and was alive, unmarried, in 1682.
Audley, Robert : son of Robert, armiger : born " Biggleswerthi " [probably
Biggleswade], Beds. School : Scriven-Knotting [? now Knotting], Beds. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 30 Oct. 1674. Age 17.
B.A. 167|.
Read, Jonathan : [father not given] : born at Ely. School : Huntingdon.
Admitted sizar under M'' Fairmedow 6 Nov. 1674. Age 17. [Appears in the
Admission Book after Tim. Caryl (Carrell) admitted 24 March 1674]
Matric'i. 8 July 1675: B.A. 1678. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1680
Sept. One Jonathan Read was rector of North Cray, Kent 1701 ; died 1709.
(Hasted, 1. 159.)
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Hammatt, John:
Admitted at St Edmund's Hall, Oxford, 25 June 1674, aged 16, son of
John of Taunton, Somerset, plebeius : B.A. 167S ; M.A. (Christ's) 1681.
Vicar of Stantonbury, Bucks. 1679. Rector of Emmington, Oxford 1684.
Rector of Clist St George, Devon 1695 {Al. Ox.).
Heye, Robert : son of John : born at Skipton. School : Burnsall. Admitted
sizar under M"' Lovett 15 Jan. 1674. Age 16.
B.A. 167«; M.A. 1684. Master of Burnsall School, in Wharfdale 1682
(or -3) till 19 Jan. 169i, when he died aged 36. A long inscription in Burn-
sall church by his son John Heye of Skierholme (Morant-Whitaker, Craven,
505) — with the usual reference to the Sparta which he adorned.
Bicknell, Edward : son of John : born at Milverton, Somerset. School : Mil-
verton. Admitted at O-^ford : then at Christ's pensioner under M'' Turner
8 Feb. 1674. Age 23.
B.A. 167|. Admitted at St Edmund's Hall, Oxford, 6 March 166|, aged
17. Vicar of Bradford, Somerset, 31 May 1682 ; presented by Edm. Parker
of Ben-ington, Devon. Held it till his death in l7ll. Buried there 8 May.
(Weaver, Somerset Incumbents, 315.)
Brown, Charles : son of Edmund : born at Thistleworth [Isleworth], Midds.
School : Isleworth. Admitted sizar under M"' Turner 8 March 167-|. Age 23.
Matric". not found. Probably never resided.
Eskrigg, Robert : son of Robert : born at Eskrigg, Lanes. School at Kirkby
[? Lonsdale]. Admitted .sizar under M'' Lovett 16 March 167|. Age 17.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1682. One M"- Eskrigg was ordained priest, Peter-
borough, 1681 Feb. One of these names vicar of Ravenstone, Bucks. 20 Dec.
1680, patron, Heneage, Lord Finch of Daventry, whose son Edward was at
Christ's, 1677-9. Had license of non-residence April 1693. Buried there
27 Sept. 1721 (Lipscombe, 4. 320). Also P.O. of Weston Underwood
15 April 1684-92 {ib. 404).
Nightingale, Wilfrid : eldest son of Wilfrid, armiger : born at Kneesworth,
Cambs. School : St Neots. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 22 March
167 4. Age not given.
Matric''. 8 July 1675. Buried at Great St Andrew's 13 March 167f.
Caryl, Timothy : son of Sampson : born in Surrey. Educated " mediocriter " at
Kingston. Admitted sizar under D'' Widdriugton 24 March 1674. Age 16.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1682. Vicar of St Mary, Nottingham, 25 Oct.
1693-98. Prebendary of Southwell (Rampton) 20 June 1695. Admitted to
second mediety of rectory of Cotgrave 2 May 1698 (to the first mediety on
June 30) : patron, Evelyn, Lord Kingston, who was admitted at Christ's in
1683 : possibly he was Caryl's pupil. Buried at Southwell 19 Sept. 1721.
Rutland, Simon : son of Simon : born at Stortford, Herts. School : Stortford.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 2 April 1675. Age 16.
M.B. 1680. Practised medicine at Brentwood. Died of smallpox 21 May
1682 on his 23rd birthday: buried at Stortford: M.I. given by Chauncy
{Herts. 1. 330).
Bugg, James : son of James : of Suffolk. School : Ely. Admitted pensioner
under M"' Fairmedow 16 April 1675. Age 17.
Resided till Mich. 1676. Presumably the Ja. Bugg son of Ja. Bugg of
Lakenheath by his wife Frances Rowley : " of the city of Ely aged 25 un-
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married " in lG8-t (Cambs. Visitation given in Genealogist, 3. 240). He had
a brother Francis younger by one year. In the College Acc'^, Mich^ 1698
there is a charge " to Bug for his book against the Quakers, as other Colleges,
10/0 " : and a year later " Fra. Bugg the reformed Quaker " gets 17/0 : perhaps
he was the author of the book, but in Lowndes Francis' earliest work is given
as of 1700, The Pilc/rim's Progress from Quakerism to Ghristianity -auA in 1705
he is credited with The Mystery of the little Whore unfolded.
Brown, Walter: son of William : of Yorks. Admitted 20 April 1675 : with the
following sarcasm by Ra. Widdrington : "horam unani vel alteram Canta-
brigiae, si pote, sine fructu collocaturus ideo tantum Christi Collegium
ingressus est ut exiret, aetatis suae 20: solvit tamen Collegio lOs. Qd."
I have nowhere else met with Walter Brown.
Freeman, John : son of John : born at Wilby, Northants. School ; Strixton.
Admitted sizar under AP Fairmedow 6 May 1675. Age 16.
Matric"!. 8 July 1675.
Wilkson, Roger : [father not given] : born at Prestifif [? Pentrich, to the east, or
Parwich to the west of Wirksworth], Derbs. School : Wirksworth, under
M'' Crosedale. Admitted sizar under M'' Turner 10 May 1675. Age 18.
Matric'^. (Wilkson) 8 July 1675: but there is no other trace of him.
Ashwell, Nathaniel : son of Nicholas : born in London. Educated at Earl's
Colne, Essex. Admitted sizar under M'' Turner 21 May 1675. Age 19.
B.A. 1678 Mids. ; M.A. 1706. Born in Ludgate Street, London {Norwich
Reg''.). Ordained deacon, London, 1679 Sept. : priest, Norwich, 1680 June.
Rector of Oifton and Little Bricett, Suffolk, 31 Aug. 1681. Rector of Peldon,
Essex, 12 Sept. 1690: gone before June 1725 (Morant, 2. 419). Nicholas,
the father, was perhaps vicar of Assington, Su£F. up to 1683, and vicar of Earl's
Colne, 1683-90.
*Ishani, John : third son of Justinian, baronet, " vir ab omnibus ingenii doctri-
naeque praesidiis instructissimus." Of Northants. [Lamport]. Admitted
pensioner (afterwards fellow-commoner) under D'' More 29 May 1675. Age 15.
Matric^'. 8 July 1675. M.A. 1679. Sir Justinian (1627) sent his two eldest
sons (by his second wife) Thomas and Justinian to Ch. Ch., Oxford to be followed
by later generations : John and his sixth brother Henry (1684) came to
Cambridge. John was elected Fellow (succeeding John Turner) before Xmas
1681 : his last payment was at Mich*^. 1685 : in the Study-rents he appears
till 1686 : Adam Wall mentions that he continued Fellow without being in
Holy Orders : that the question of liis position was raised at the time appears
from a memorandum in the Order Book, signed by himself : " If M' Isham do
not preach a Hawford Preacher's course by Midsummer next, or give notice to
the College, he will forfeit the place and another may be nominated " : 19 Oct.
1683. On 20 Nov. 1685 he was admitted at the Inner Temple. He was
Under Secretary of State when Lord Nottingham was in office : many of his
letters are preserved at Lamport : he had to do as Commissioner with the
settlement of estates in Ireland. He married Frances, daughter of Sir Ri.
Ashfield, and had two sons and one daughter. In 1702 he gave £50 to the
Chapel fund. Died 1746, aged 86.
Fyge, Thomas : son of Thomas, pharmacopola : born in London. School :
Stafford, under M'' Taylor. Admitted [no tutor given] a pensioner 3 June
1675. Age 15.
Matric''. 8 Jul}' 1675 : resided as a pupil of M"' Lovett till Lady Day 1676.
Valentine Figge (or Fyge) also an apothecary [? grandfather] of Christ Church,
London was married 10 Oct. 1626 to Marg. Blake, spinster.
1675 59
Arraitstead, James : admitted as Armstead : son of William : born in London.
School: Giggleswick. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 15 June 1675. Age 16.
B.A. (Arraitstead) 167|I. There were Armitsteads at Stainforth, at Lang-
cliff, at Clapham, and at Long Preston — all near Settle. William, the father,
was probably a member of one of these families who had gone up to London.
Sandeforth, Miles : (Milo Sandforth) : son of George : born at Wakefield.
School: Giggleswick. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 15 June 1675.
Age 16.
B.A. (Sandeforth) 167f ; M.A. 1682. Probably vicar of Hooton Pagnell,
near Doncaster 1691, where he rebuilt the parsonage-house. Died there
1696. (Hunter, S. Yorks. 2. 146.)
NichoUs, Nathaniel : son of Edward : born in Beds., but " Hybernus si genus
reputamus." School : Kimbolton. Admitted pensioner under M'' Fairmedow
16 June 1675. Age 17.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1682: one of these names (Nichols) but no College,
B.D. (cojn. reg.) 1728 — but probably of Pembroke, Oxford; and son of
Nathaniel of Kidderminster.
Choyce, John : son of Richard : of Derbs. School " Ripponi " [probably Repton].
Admitted sizar under M' Turner 17 June 1675. Age 17.
B.A. 167|. Perhaps the John Choyce rector of Manby, Lines. 11 Oct.
1 701, presented by John Goodrick, armiger : resided there and died : was
buried 22 Feb. 172^^: his wife and a daughter were buried within six months
of his death. A Ms. sermon preached by him on Easter Sunday 1716 survives
at the rectory. (Rev. F. H. Hall, rector.)
Wright, Alexander: son of Thomas, M.D. : born at Peterborough. School:
Peterborough. Admitted sizar under M"' Fairmedow 17 June 1675. Age 16.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1682. Probably the man who (as B.A.) was instituted
vicar of Great Grimsby 29 June 1681, patron Sir Henry Heron. His signa-
ture does appear in the registers of St James : but they are mutilated during
his incumbency. Held it till 1690 : not buried there.
Rayner, John : son and heir of John, armiger : born at [East] Drayton, Notts.
School : Markham. Admitted fellow-commoner under D"' Widdrington
17 June 1675. Age 13.
Matric''. 8 July 1675 : B.A. 1678 Mids. Admitted at Gray's Inn 12 May
1677, Son of John Rayner of East Drayton and of Mary Goodwin of Raw-
marsh, Yorks. Married Ann, daughter of Sir Will. Hickman. (Hunter,
F.M.G. 160.)
Landen, Benet (Benedictus) : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner 1 7 June
1675.
Matric". not found. A pupil of M'' Lynford, but probably for one term only.
There is a pedigree of Landens of Dalby, Lines. (Maddison, 602) to which this
Benet may have belonged : but it does not come far enough : there was a
Benet of Dalby admitted at the Middle Temple in 1601 — apparently the same
who died before 1653 (Maddison) leaving a son Edward — possibly the father
of our man.
Birch, Samuel : son of Samuel, of Lancashire. Educated at Markham, Notts.
by his father, the vicar. Admitted sizar under D'' Widdrington 17 June 1675.
Age not given.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1682. Perhaps of the Birch family of Ardwick, Man-
chester, in which Samuel is a common name : one Samuel was living in
Manchester 1683 (given by Hunter, F.M.G. 1140, but no sons given). One
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was vicar of Basford near Nottingham 12 May 1682: resigned before May
1707 : the same probably rector of Adbolton 26 March 1691. One Samuel
was "of Nottingham town," clerk; his son Sam. was matric''. at Merton,
Oxford 1711. Aged 17.
Birch, John : son of Samuel : of Lancashire. Educated at Markham, Notts, by
his father. Admitted sizar under D"' Widdrington 17 June 1675. Age not
given.
B.A. 167f ; M.A. 1682. Younger brother of Samuel, above. Ordained
deacon, York, 1681 Sept. : priest, 168| March. One of these names was
rector of All Saints, South Elmham, up to 1705-6, when a Sam. Birch
succeeded him : one (perhaps the same) was rector of Houghton Conquest,
Beds. 29 Oct. 1706. One was vicar of Wantage, Berks, in 1692.
Pilkington, Thomas : sou of Lionel, baronet : born in Kent. School : York.
Admitted pensioner under D'' Widdrington 18 June 1675. Age not given.
Transferred by D"' Widdrington to M"' Lyndford in October : resided till
Lady Day 1676. Second son of Sir Lyon (as given by Hunter, S. Yo7-ks. 2. 394)
of Stainby, Yorks., by his wife Amy, daughter of Thomas Eggleton of Grove,
Bucks. His grandmother was Phoebe Moyle of Buckwell, Kent. He died
without issue (Kimber, .3. 353).
Perman, George: son of George: of Hunts. School: (1) Grantham: (2) Newark.
Admitted sizar under M'' Standish 24 June 1675. Age not given.
B.A. 167|; M.A. 1682. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1681 Sept.: licensed
to Ruskington : priest, 1682 June: licensed to Owersby. Vicar of Owersby
24 July 1682, patron. Sir John Monson.
Lodge, Henry : son of Henry : of Yorks. School : Giggleswick. Admitted sizar
undei' M"- Lovett 26 June 1675. Age 20.
Matric". not found.
Graham, Richard : admitted as Grahme : eldest son of Richard, baronet : born
at Norton Conyers, Richmondshire. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford
27 Sept. 1675. Age 13.
Matric''. 15 Dec. 1675: resided till Mich. 1677. Son of Sir Richard
(165^) — created a baronet by Ciiarles II in 1662 — by his wife Eliz., daughter
of Col. Chichester Fortescue ; "egregiae indolis adolescens." Died in the life-
time of his father : who was succeeded by his third son Reginald (Kimher,
2. 270).
Luck, William: son of Richard, M.D. : born at Newcastle. School: (1) New-
castle: (2) Charterhouse: (3) Bury St Edmunds. Admitted pensioner under
M'' Lynford 27 Sept. 167.5. Age not given.
Matric''. 6 July 1676: resided till Mich. 1678. Admitted at the Inner
Temple 23 Nov. 1677. His father, Richard, was one of the last "town's
physicians" at Newcastle, appointed 4 Nov. 1664 (Brand, 2. 363) : the next
appointment recorded is that of Henry Atherton (of Christ's) in 1682.
Morehouse, Nehemiah:
Matric''. sizar Dec. 1675: B.A. 16|f ; M.A. 1683. Born at Castleford,
W.R., Yorks., about 1657 {Norivich Register): his father, the rector, was
silenced in 1662 but afterwards conformed. (Calamy-Palmer, 2. 599.) Or-
dained deacon and priest, Norwich, 1680 June.
At this point — the last entry of the academical year 1674—5, the first
Admission book abruptly closes, though only half full. It contains nothing
1676 61
more, except at a few pages from the end a memorandum dated 12 May 1671
concerning James Everard the manciple.
For some reason, Thomas Lynford, praelector for the year 1676-7, copied
out into the new book the entries already made by D'' Widdrington in the old
one from 15 Oct. 1674 (beginning with Rob. Percevale) down to 27 Sept. 1675
(Will. Luck). Except in one case no new facts are added (but there are
some more exquisite terms in the phraseology).
This second book contains the entries from 15 Oct. 167-t to 21 June 1859.
It is less well kept than the tirst : and has numerous blank spaces for one or
even two years, where the praelector had wholly neglected his duty. The
first of these is the year 1675—6. The list of members admitted in it can be
recovered from the University matriculation and graduation lists ; but im-
perfectly : the whole number is but fifteen, which is far below the average of
the admissions at this date. It is not creditable to Lynford that he did not
take the trouble to insert the entries for the missing year 1675-6, which he
could with ease have recovered, and that he passes from Mich. 1675 to Mich.
1676 without any indication of a blank.
Farrer, Henry :
Matric''. pensioner 1676 July: a pupil of M'' Waterhouse ; B.A. 16|^,
incorp". Oxford, 13 Dec. 1682; M.A. (Christ's) 1683. Son of William of
Eawood, Yorks. (Al. Ox. 486) : ordained deacon, York, 1683 Dec: priest, 1684
May. Rector of Hemsworth near Wakefield 1685 : died there before July 1718.
His .son, John, was matric'^. from Univ. Coll., Oxford, 30 Oct. 1706, aged 18 :
succeeded his father at Hemsworth.
Whelpdall, John :
Matric*. sizar 1676 July : a pupil of M' Lynford : B.A. 16|^. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1682 Feb. : licensed to curacy of Markfield, Leics. Perhaps
rector of Hareby, Lines. 13 Nov. 1696, patron John Bryan. Rector of
Rough ton. Lines. 12 May 1704: also of Scrivelsby (contiguous); patron (of
both), Louis Dymoke.
One of the same names (possilslj- the same man) was rector of Vange All
Saints, under the Langdon Hills, Essex 6 April 1685 : resigned before
December 1704.
Reeve, Ralph :
Matric''. sizar 1676 July : re-sided till Lady Day 1680 but took no degree. A
pupil of M'' Lovett. One Ralph Reeve was chaplain of Kirkby in the parish
of Walton on the Hill, near Liverpool 1689-1722 (Croston-Baines, 5. 111).
Parkinson, John :
Matric-i. sizar 1676 July : a pupil of M"- Lovett: B.A. 16|^. On 7 Oct.
1680 one Joh. Parkinson received £7. lOs. as usher at Giggleswick school.
In Oct. 1684 he seems to have lieen (at least, acting) head-master; and on
4 April 1685 his father, Robert, received for him "in full" £13. 10)>. On
12 June 1685 John Armitstead became head-master. (Extracts from Governor's
Minute book in Yorkshire Schools (A. F. Leach) 2. 282.)
Hodgson, Aaron : also spelt Hodson.
Matric''. sizar (Hoddson) 1676 July : a pupil of M'' Waterhouse (as Hodgson
in Study-rents) : B.A. (Hodgson) 16|-~ ; M.A. (Hudson) 1683. Ordained priest,
London (Hodgson), 168| Feb.
Browne, James :
Matric''. sizar 1676 July. Not found elsewhere.
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Pighells, John :
Matric'^. sizar 1676 July. A pupil of M"' Waterhouse till Mich. 1677.
Carr, Robert :
Matric'i. sizar 1676 July: a pupil of M' Lovett : B.A. 16fa. Probably
one of the many Carrs from Giggleswick School. Ordained deacon, York,
16|^^ March: priest, 1681 May. One Robert Carr was instituted rector of
Kirkby in Cleveland : died rector of Kirkby with Broughton before July 1727,
when he was succeeded by Ri. Carr, M.A. (possibly admitted here 1680).
Armitstead, Anthony:
Matric''. sizar 1676 July : pupil of M"' Lovett : B.A. 168f . Ordained deacon,
York, 168f Feb. : priest, 1681 Sept.
The four who follow first appear at Christ's as Graduates.
Wray, George :
B.A. 16|^. Earlier history unknown : matric". not found. Ordained
deacon, York, 1682 June.
Clapham, Thomas :
B.A. 16J^. Matriculated sizar (Trin. Hall), 16 March 167f. Ordained
deacon, York, 1680 Sept. : priest, 1682 Sept. Rector of Newton Kyme, near
Tadcaster, Yorks. 8 March 169,\, patron Tho. Fairfax, Baron Cameron. Died
there before April 1725.
Lloyd, John :
B.A. 16||; M.A. 1683. Son of Tho. Lloyd, born at Halton, Flint, and
educated at Eton: matric**. from King's 6 July 1676 : migrated to Christ's in
1679 where he was a pupil of M'' Lovett (4 July 1679). Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1681 Sept.: priest, 1682 June: licensed to Taplow, Bucks. One of
these names was rector of Wickenby, Lines. 5 March 169^: presented by Sir
Tho. Barnardiston : again (the same name) 4 April 1709, presented by Sir
Tho. Willoughby. One was vicar of Ashby, Lines. 1.3 June 1715 : gone before
Aug. 1719.
Drake, John :
M.B. 1681. He appears in Study-rents as a pupil of M'' Lynford before
Mich^ 1679. At Lady Day 1681 he appears as " M""' Drake.
Here the Admission book reopens after Mich. 1676.
Molyneux, John: [no facts given]. Admitted a pensioner [date not given] 1676,
and resided as such for some weeks when he became a fellow-commoner [^before
Oct. 15].
Matric*. as fellow-commoner July 1677, and resided as pupil of M' Fair-
medow till Mich. 1678. Probably he was the second son of Sir John Molyneux
(1640) of Teversall, Notts. ; and brother of Francis (1672). Admitted at Gray's
Inn 7 March 167|. According to Kimber (1. 64) he died unmarried. One of
these names was admitted at Douai April 1694 {Douai Diaries, 86).
RoUes, Daniel : son of Samuel, " theologo-medicus " : born in London. Admitted
pensioner under M"^ Lovett 13 Oct. 1676. Age not given.
Matric''. 1677 July : resided (as a fellow-commoner under M"' Lynford) till
Mich. 1679: Samuel, the father, was perhaps minister of Lsleworth in 1649
(Shaw, 2. 537). One of the same names is given by Calamy (2. 235) as ejected
minister of Dunton, Bucks, and described as well known about London.
Probably he took to medicine : hence the peculiar description in the entry.
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Thompson, Thomas : son of Henry : born at Socbridge, Westm''. [Sockbridge,
a hamlet near Penrith, south of the Lowther]. School : Durham, under
M"' Bathersby (Battersby). Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 12 March 167^.
Age 20.
Not found here : but he may have resided as sizar without room rent.
One of these names was Master of Ripon school 1685 (Yorks. Records xxvii.
p. Ixxiv) : there is no graduate of either Cambridge or Oxford at a suitable
time. One vicar of Aldbrough, Yorks. 1715.
Heckstall, Abraham. : son of Abraham : [birthplace not given]. School : Not-
tingham, under M'' [Jer.] Oudworth [who had left Bishop Stortford in 1673].
Admitted sizar under M"' Lynford 11 April 1677. Age 19.
Matriculated 1680 Dec. : i.e. just before admission to his degree. B.A. 1685^.
Ordained deacon, York, 1681 Sept.: priest, 1683 June. Vicar of Ruddington,
Yorks. 23 Dec. 1683: licensed to preach in the diocese the same day. Not
found in the parish register.
RoUeston, Alfred : son of John : born in London. School : Nottingham, under
M' Cudworth. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 11 April 1677. Age 16.
B.A. 168^; M.A. 1684. Ordained deacon, York, 1684 Sept. : licensed to
Carburton in Edwinstowe 22 Sept. 1G84.
Daniel, John : son of John : born at Huntshorne [Hartshorn], Derbs. School :
Repton, under M'' Litherland. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 4 April 1677.
Age 19.
B.A. 168^. Brother of Samuel, admitted 1674. Probably vicar of Oroxall,
Derbs. 24 April 1690-1728 : patron, the Crown (Cox, Derbs. Churches, 3. 357).
Gippes, Syliard : son of Valentine : born at Horningsheath, Suffolk. School :
Bury St Edmunds, under M"' Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford
[ — ] April 1677. Age 17.
Matric"*. 1677 Dec. Son of Valentine and Jane Gippes of Horringer (alias
Horningsheath) bapti.sed (as Sulyard) 20 March IG^j;. Admitted at the Middle
Temple 8 Dec. 1677. Buried (as Sylliard) at Horringer 3 June 1680 (Gage,
Suffolk, 513). For the Gippes family see Horringer Registers, pp. 309-12
(S.H.A.H.).
Legard, Thomas : son of John, baronet : born at Ganton, Yorks. School : ( 1 ) Bury,
under M'' Leeds : (2) at home. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford
23 April 1677. Age 16.
Matric''. 1677 July: resided till Mich. 1679. Second son of Sir John
Legard of Ganton (created 29 Dec. 1660 by Charles II) by his second wife
Frances, daughter and coheiress of Sir Tho. Widdrington (1617). Bapt*. at
Ganton 20 June 1660. Will proved at York 4 April 1688 {Genealogist, 22. 116).
Legard, William : son of John, baronet : born at York. School : Bury, under
M"^ Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford 23 April 1677. Age 14.
B.A. 1682; M.A. 1684. Brother of Thomas (above). Ordained priest,
Worcester, Dec. 1686. Vicar of Tardebigge, near Bromsgrove 1686-1705.
I do not know whether he is the vicar of " Galmpton " [Ganton], E.R., Yorks.
of which his elder brother Sir John was patron Sept. 1691 : resigned in 1700.
Left children, who all died s.p. (Kimber, 2. 139).
Gerard, Joseph: son of Joshua: born at Stockhold [Stockport], Cheshire. School:
Stockport, under M'' [Sam.] Needham [head-master of Stockport school]. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 5 May 1677. Age 19.
B.A. 1680. Vicar of Tarvin, Cheshire, 7 June 1680. Died vicar 8 Jan. 170f
(Ormerod-Helsby, 2. 311). Had two brothers here, John (1677) and Joshua
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(1688). The father is perhaps the Joshua Gerard of Witneth, administration
of whose property was granted 1691 {Index to Cheshire Wills).
Lyster, Charles: son of Nicholas: born at Rigton [?], Yorks. School: Leeds,
under M'' Gilbert. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 5 May 1677. Age 16.
Matric''. 1677 Dec. : resided till Lady Day 1681.
Wood, Robert : son of Robert : of Yorks. Educated by M'' Wood. Admitted
pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 5 May 1677. Age not given.
Matric"'. 1677 Dec. : appears in Study-rents but without charge till
Mich. 1678.
Battey, — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar 11 May 1677.
Matric". not found.
*Cudworth, Thomas : son of John : born in London. School : Merchant Taylors',
under D'' Goad. Admitted pensioner (" litteris abunde institutus ") under
M"- Lynford 30 May 1677. Age 15.
B.A. 168-J; M.A. 1685. Second son of John Cudworth, girdler, a very
wealthy man (died 1673), and of Mary (?) Bushell : nephew of Ralph, the
Master. Admitted at the Inner Temple 23 April 1683. Elected Fellow,
in succession to Edw. Finch, probably early in 168.5 : first payment Mich.
1685: last, Mich. 1687. He seems to have lived in London, possiijly practising
law. He made his will 31 March 1726 as Tho. Cudworth of London, gent.,
"being in good healtli of body and of sound and disposing mind." His health
soon gave way for the will was proved 2 May in the same year. (Information
from J. Cudworth Whitebrook, Esq.) He left his property to Wyan Cud-
worth, son of his brother Samuel. In the Mich. Audit 1688 there appears
"From M>' Cudworth, M'' Tho. Cudworth's gift, J9. 13s. id. " : but whether
the gift be from this Thomas, or from his cousin, Ralph's son (whom .see) I
cannot determine : probably this one.
*Pillch, Edward : fifth son of Heneage, Baron Finch. Admitted nobleman
("nobilis accessit hospes") under M'' Lovett 8 June 1677. Age 14.
Matric^i. 1677 July; M.A. 1679. Admitted at the Inner Temple 23 April
1683. Born 1663, fifth son of Heneage, Baron Finch of Daventry, afterwards
Earl of Nottingham ; and nephew of Sir John, the benefactor. He contributed
23 Oct. 1677 as a freshman to the verses on the marriage of the Princess Mary
of York with the Prince of Orange. He was elected a Fellow, succeeding
John Perkins, before Mids. 1680: his last payment was at Mich. 1684: but
he appears in the Study-rents later. M.P. for the University 1689: but
changing his course of life, he was ordained deacon, York, 8 Sept. 1695 ;
priest, 15 Sept. I cannot find that he held any living on his ordination : but
he became Prebendary of York (Wetwang) 26 April 1704 and was rector of
Kirkby in Cleveland 15 Feb. 170i-. On 1 March 1704 he became rector of
Wigan. Prebendary of Cantertjury 8 Feb. 17j-§^. At Wigan he showed want
of tact by displacing the Mayor and Corporation from a gallery in the church,
built for them 20 years before, in order to put an organ there. The Corpora-
tion went to law with the rector : but a decision was given against them
10 June 1712 (Croston-Baines, 4. 280). Finch resigned the living in 171|,
and removed to York, retaining his canonry there (as well as that of Canter-
bury) till his death. Resided in the Close and interested himself in musical
matters : he was a composer of some merit. Married Mary, third daughter of
D'' Nicholas Stanley. He had estates at Knapton, Yorks., at Belton, Ruts.,
and at Owston, Leics. Died 14 Feb. 173|^ aged 75 : buried in the south choir
aisle of York Cathedral. M.I. and medallion. His younger brother Henry,
admitted 1679, was afterwards Dean of York.
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Butler, Ralph : son of Thomas, armiger : born at Kirkland, Lanes. School :
private, under M'' Harding. Admitted pensioner under M' Lynford 11 June
1677. Age not given.
Matric". not found : not in Study-rents.
Wilson, John : son of Henry : born at Kirkby Lonsdale. School : Kirkby, under
M'' Farrer. Admitted sizar under M"' Lynford 4 June 1677. Age 17.
B.A. 168ft; M.A. 1684. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 168| Jan. Rector
of Ringstead St Andrew, presented by the College, 3 Feb. 168f-1719, when
he died Oct. 3 and was buried in tlie chancel of the church. Probably also
vicar of the neighbouring parish of Sedgeford 1692—1703 : and vicar of Hun-
stanton 1703-19 (Blomefield, 5. 1277, 132.5).
Cotton, William : son of William : born at Broughton [Astley], Leics. Educated
by M"' Seagrave. Admitted pensioner under M' Lynford 20 June 1677. Age
not given.
B.A. 168ft; M.A. 1684. Perhaps re-admitted 24 June 1681. The father,
William, admitted 1639, was rector of Broughton Astlej', till his death in 1682.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1684 May : licensed to Broughton Astley : vicar of
Great Ashby, Leics. 6 June 1684 appai'ently till 1714. Probably also rector
of Broughton Astley 25 Jan. 169^ on the presentation of Sir Will. Halford :
his sister Mary married Sir Rioliard Halford of Wistow : he died at Broughton
1714. (Nichols, Leics. 4, 51 and 724).
Blythe, — : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner [no date].
Probably the same as the Edw. Blythe, matric''. fellow-commoner 3 July
1679 : the name is (in M'' Lynford's list of pupils) without charge from this
time till Mich. 1679 after whicli the charge begin.s.
*Holdsworth, Jude : son of John : born at Middleham, Yorks. School : Bedale,
under M"' Nicholson. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford 27 June 1677.
Age 17.
B.A. 168ft; M.A. 1684. " Unanimously chosen into D"' Covel's Fellowship"
10 Oct. 1682; his last payment was on Lady Day 1694. Had a steadily increasing
number of pupils h'om 1685 to 1693, when he had 55. Appointed 6 March 169ft,
steward under new conditions, viz. of giving a bond of £500 to the College,
for the due performance of his duties. Minister of Trinity Church, Cambridge
1691-3 (MS. Cole, 19. 100 a). Rector of Reed, Herts. 31 Oct. 1693 : also vicar
of Northamstead Chapel (a hamlet belonging to Barkway — now called Nut-
hampstead) 19 June 1694. Died, ? at Reed, 1718 (Newcourt, 1. 803, and 862).
A Jude Holds worth (perhaps his son — but the admissions for that year are
wanting) was scholar 1713, B.A. 1718.
Featley, — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar 28 June 1677. [Tutor not mentioned.]
Probably the Henry Featley who matriculated as a sizar 12 March 167f :
B.A. 168ft. Ordained deacon, York, 1681 Sept. : priest, 1689 Dec. Perhaps
Henry, eldest son of John Fairclough, vidyo Featley, of Newark, by his wife
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Cam, alderman : baptised at Newark 7 Sept.
1660 : married Hannah — : by whom he had six sons and five daughters :
buried at Newark 23 April 1711. A pedigree of the family in which Fair-
cloughs and Featleys exchange perplexingly, given by Maddison (Lines, pedi-
grees, 340). Henry's grandfather was precentor and prebendary of Lincoln
and chaplain to Charles I : while a Henry, in the same generation, was ejected
from Thorpe, Notts.
Gerard, John : son of Joshua : born at Stockport, Cheshire. School : Stockport,
under M'' Needham. Admitted pensioner under M'^ Lovett 30 June 1677.
Age 17.
B.A. 168ft. Younger brother of Joseph (1677) and elder brother of
Joshua (1688).
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Bennet, Robert: son of Gervase, armiger: born at Suelston, Derbs. School:
Barton, Staffs, under M"' Alkin. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Smith-
son 2 July 1677. Age 17.
Matric". not found. There is no evidence that he resided. Admitted as
Rob. Bennet of Snelson, Derbs. at the Inner Temple 26 Jan. 16i|. Married
Mary Overend of Pocklington. Died 7 April 1746 : Buried at Bossall.
(Hunter, F.M.G. 945.)
Nuthall, William : son of Henry : born at Spex[h]all, Suffolk. School : Hal[e]s-
worth, under M"' Bacon. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 3 July 1677.
Age not given.
B.A. 1680 Mids. Born about 1657. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1680
June: priest, 1681 May. Vicar of Wenhaston near Halesworth, Suffolk, up
to 1707. Vicar of Ilketshall St Andrew, 1685-1727 : and of Flixton 1695-
1727 (Suckling, 1. 118, 206).
Theakstone, — : admitted as Theckstone [no facts given]. Admitted sizar
4 July 1677 [tutor not mentioned].
B.A. (John Theakston), 1682 Mids. Ordained priest, York, 1682 Sept.
Vicar of Bramham near Tadcaster, probably between 1685 and 1691, a blank
period in the York Register. Died vicar before Aug. 1717.
Cooke, Edward : son of Edward : born at Dublin. Educated for some years at
Trinity College, Dublin. Admitted, as of corresponding standing at Cam-
bridge, pensioner under M"' Lovett 11 July 1677. Age not given.
Resided till Lady Day 1680, but took no degree. Admitted at the Middle
Temple 14 May 1680. Possibly the Recorder of Berwick, whose son Edward,
the antiquary, was admitted here 1728. One Edw. Cook, barrister-at-law,
died 1733 {Gent. Mag. for 1733, p. 101).
Gibson, Williara : son of William : born at Laughton, Lines. School : Kelham
[near Newark], under M' Gibson. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 1 1 Sept.
1677. Age 16.
B.A. 168i; M.A. 1685. Perhaps vicar of Cammeringham, Lines. 31 May
1695, patron,' Rob. Tyrwhitt, armiger: buried there 1 Feb. 170| (Rev. W. W.
Smith, vicar).
Clay, John : son of Robert : of Notts. School : Kelham [as above], under
M'' Gibson. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 11 Sept. 1677. Age 15.
Resided 1678-9 : matric". not found.
Rushworth, — : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner 19 Sept. 1677 [tutor
not mentioned].
Matric^. (Will. Rushforth) 20 Sept. 1677 : but does not appear in the
Study-rents and perhaps never resided.
Collin, William :
Matric''. pensioner 1677 July. Resided as pupil of M"' Lovett between
Easter 1677 and Easter 1678.
Coston, Francis : perhaps Casten.
Matric''. sizar (Costen) 1677 July : a pupil of M"' Lovett, probably from the
beginning of 1677 : B.A. 16|^^. Perhaps of Ipswich, where a branch from a
Durham family began with one Leonard Coston or Ca.ston. Ordained (as
Coston) deacon, Norwich, 16^^: priest, London, 1681 May. Vicar (Costyn)
of Haddenham, Bucks. 8 June 1689. Buried there 2 Nov. 1731 (Lipscombe,
2. 213). There is a curious memorandum by him in a new parish register,
printed by Lipscombe (with so many typographical errors as to be in places
1677 67
unintelligible) addressed to his successor as "planctus gemitusque incumbentis" :
in which he asks pardon for damage suffered by the living in his incumbency.
The people of Cuddington (an adjacent village) would not pay their tithe,
" et in hac re se contra uie unauimiter iunxerunt." He ends " vale, vir erudite,
molestus enim esse nolo, verbum enira sat sapienti."
Cammell, Thomas :
Matric''. pensioner 1677 July: but admitted before Mich. 1676 (Study-rents).
Was a pupil of M^ Lovett, and in residence Lady Day 1677. B.A. 16|§ ; M.A.
1683. Was born at Attleborough : possibly son of Tho. Cammell (164i) who
was rector of Worlingham 16G1. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 16^^ March:
priest, 1680 June. Rector of Withersdale, Suffolk, 7 July 1680. Afterwards
rector of Holbrook, where he died 1735.
Perkins, William :
Matric'^. pensioner (Pyrkins) 1677 Dec. Pupil of M'' Lynford. B.A.
(Perkins) 168^-; M.A. 1685. Son of Will, and Faith Perkins: baptised at
Bourne 20 April 1660. Probably ordained priest, Lincoln, 1684 May. Per-
haps the rector of Colsterworth, Lines. 5 June 1690-1720, whose son William
(1710) was educated at home by his father. Rector of Boothby-Pagnell, as
well as of Colsterworth 19 May 1692. Died 17 June 1720, and buried at
Colsterworth.
Clough, Jonathan :
Matric". sizar 1677 Dec. Pupil of M"- Lovett. B.A. 16|^; M.A. 1683,
incorporated, Oxford 1683. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1683 Dec. Rector of
St Giles, Blaston, Leics. 21 March 168y, patron, the Crown. Rector of Great
Casterton near Stamford 1687. Chaplain to the Marquis of Annandale : as
such, licensed 22 Feb. 171^ to hold also one mediety of Hallaton, Leics.
distant 11 miles. Died 1728. (See Nichols, Leics. 2. 602.)
White, Thomas :
B.A. 1680 Mids. ; M.A. 1684 : matric". not found. One Tho. White M.A.
was vicar of Longdon, Staffs. 18 July 1693. One was rector of Nailstou,
Leics. 21 May 1721, patron, the Crown. Chaplain to Bishop Hoadly. Rector
of Aylston, Ruts., where he died and was buried, 1735 (Nichols, Leics. 4. 806).
Brown, Thomas :
B.A. 1680 Mids. Perhaps "Brown junior," who appears as a pupil of
M' Waterhouse in 1679.
Elcocke, Ephraim:
B.A. 1680 Mids. Matric". not found. One of the same names admitted
at Brasenose, Oxford, in 1638, was of Chester.
Hampton, Charles:
D.D. 1677. Was matriculated at Exeter, Oxford 13 Feb. 164|: B.A.
165i; M.A. 1654; and D.D. (Christ's) 1677. Son of Will. Hampton, rector
of Bletchingley, Sussex. Charles petitioned 17 Feb. 167^^ to succeed his father
at Bletchingley : granted : also petitioned the same day, as chaplain to Lord
Paget of Beaudesert, to hold with it the rectory of Worth, distant 12 miles :
also granted. Died 2 June 1704 aged 74.
The entries of another year, Oct. 1677-Oct. 1678 are omitted in the
Admission book. Eleven leaves (nos. 6-16) are left blank — an unnecessary
number. Possibly there was some intention of inserting the missing entries
for Oct. 1675-Oct. 1676 in this place. As before I give the names as far as
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recoverable from the lists of matriculations and degrees, and from the book of
Study-rents. The number for the year is only 20, viz. six matriculations
in July, nine in December, and five admissions between October and December.
Doubtless several are missing.
Hudson, Samuel:
Matric''. pensioner 1678 July. A pupil of M"' Lovett. M.B. 1683.
Munford, Samuel:
Matricd. pensioner 1678 July. Pupil of M' Lovett. M.B. 1683; M.D. 1694.
Metcalfe, George :
Matric''. sizar 1678 July. Pupil of M"- Waterhouse. B.A. 1682 Mids.
PossiVjly one of the Metcalfes of Northallerton : a George Metcalfe came from
there in 1607, and his son Will, in 1654 : but he had no son George. Second
master of Leeds grammar school 1684-98.
Stroud, George:
Matricd. sizar 1678 July. A pupil of M"- Lynford. B.A. 168i; M.A. 1685.
Appears in Study-rents from before Mich. 1678 to Mich. 1682 when he is
B.A. : and always with no charge to his name. He was ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 168| March : priest, 1685 Sept. : licensed to cure of St Michael,
Stamford.
Not the Sir George Strode of Etchingham, Kent, admitted f.-c. at Caius
12 April 1678, and given by Venn (1. 459) as B.A. (Christ's) 1684.
Carter, John :
Matric''. sizar (as Corker, by miscopying) 1678 July. A pupil of M"' Lynford.
B.A. (Carter) 168^-. Born at Bedale 1660 or 1661. Ordained deacon (Carter),
Norwich, 1683 June. Perhaps the John Carter who was rector of Rushmere,
Suffolk 1714-42 (Suckling, 1. 290).
Silverwood, Benjamin:
Matric''. sizar 1678 July. A pupil of M'' Lynford. B.A. (Sylverwood,
but as Smallwood in Richardson's index ; probably, by a mere miswriting)
1681 Mids. : in the York Register he is entered as of Emmanuel: and he
does not appear in the Studj'-rents as B.A. : he may have migrated after
graduation. Ordained deacon, York, 168^ Mai'ch : priest, Lincoln, 168^
March: licensed to Corringham, Lines. Vicar of Upton, Lines. 17 April 1690.
Horton, Thomas :
Matric"!. pensioner 1678 Dec. Pupil of M-- Waterhouse. M.B. 1683.
Probably fourth son of Joshua Horton, of Horton near Bradford, by his wife
Martha Binns of Rush worth, Bingley, Yorks. : born 26 Nov. 1660; practised
physic in London : married a daughter of D'^ Watmough of London ; died
4 March 1694 and buried at St Thomas, Southwark. (Kimber, 3. 198.)
Brunsell, Henry :
Matric'^. pensioner 1678 Dec. Pupil of M'' Lovett. In residence from the
beginning of 1678 — but must have kept some terms elsewhere. B.A. 16|-|^;
M.A. 1683. Perhaps son of Sam. Brunsell, Canon of Lincoln and rector of
Bingham, Notts. 1649-88 or of his brother Henry, rector of Clay worth, Notts.
1660 and Canon of Southwell. Ordained deacon, York, 1682 Sept. Rector
of Kelsall, Herts. 1683-8 (Chauncy, 1. 170). Rector of Bingham, Notts.
29 March 1688 succeeding Samuel: died rector 5 Dec. 1707 aged 49
(Thoroton-Throsby, 1. 278) and buried at Bingham.
1678 69
Michel, Samuel:
Matric''. pensioner 1678 Dec. Pupil of M'' Lovett. Resided to the end of
the Mich*, quarter 1679, after which he disappears.
Veale, Samuel :
Matric''. pensioner 1678 Dec. Pupil of M'' Waterhouse : in residence
before Mich*'. 1678: B.A. IGS-h There were Veales in Glos. and in Devon,
many of whom were at Oxford : but I cannot connect him with any : one
Sam. Veale (possibly his father) of Exeter, Oxford born at Iddesleigh, Devon
(incorporated at Cambridge as M. A. 1649) was vicar of St Teath, Cornwall
1661 (Al. Ox. 1540). William and Charles Veale, sons of Walter, rector of
Iddesleigh, were admitted at St John's, Cambridge 167i and 1679 respectively.
Foster, Robert : also spelt Forster.
Matric". sizar 1678 Dec. Pupil of M^ Lovett. B.A. (Forster) 168 J.
Resided till Mich'. 1683. Probably one of M"" Austin's three poor scholars
(order of 7 Feb. 168i) and chosen by D'' More. The money (£15) for this
short-lived charity was paid annually from the Exchequer for two years (I think)
only. (History of Christ's, 201.)
Man, John :
Matric". sizar 1678 Dec. Pupil of M-- Lynford. B.A. 168|.
Backler, Samuel :
Matric'^. sizar 1678 Dec. A pupil of M'' Lynford : in residence in 1676.
B.A. 16|^; M.A. 1683. Not son (but possibly nephew) of Sam. Backler the
ejected minister of Whatfield, Suffolk : he had a son Samuel born 1661 who
died an infant. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1683 June: licensed to Newnham,
Herts. Vicar of Newnham (near Ashwell) 1684-1713. Vicar of Ashwell
26 June 1713: patron, the Bishop of London: gone before Nov. 1720. His
son Sam. was admitted 17^^: born at Ashwell. Before 1688 James Everard
was educated at Ashwell by a M"' Backler.
Thompson, Christopher:
Matric". sizar 1678 Dec. Pupil of M-- Lynford. B.A. 168i; M.A. 1686.
Possibly vicar of Pittington, Durham, where there were two of these names
in succession, the first in 1662, the second gone before 1717. One Chris.
Thompson, M.A., was rector of Escrick, Yorks. 1706, presented by Mary
Thompson in absence of her son Beilby of Escrick : died before Aug. 1 708 :
there was a Chris. Thompson, of Jesus, M.A. 1703.
Parkes, Parson :
Matric'i. sizar 1678 Dec. Pupil of M-- Lovett. B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1693.
Ordained deacon, York, 1685 Sept. Rector of Stapleford Tany [Tawney],
Essex, 25 Dec. 1691, patron, Fra. Thompson. Died before March 1732.
A correspondent of Strype (J.E.B.M.).
Woodhouse, John :
Matric''. sizar 1678 Dec. A pupil of M'' Waterhouse. Resided from Mich^
1678 to Lady Day 1680. Was he the John Woodhouse, son of Chris, of Berk-
hamsted, matric''. at Lincoln, Oxford 1676 but took no degree? If he was,
and if he migrated from Christ's to Queens', Cambridge, he would be of
sufficient standing to be the M.B. (Queens') 1681, M.D. (com. reg.) 1705, who
practised at Nottingham, where his son John was buried 1708. (Godfrey,
Bingham, 39.)
Williams, Theodore :
Matric''. sizar 1678 Dec. Pupil of M-- Waterhouse. B.A. 168^; M.A.
1685. Ordained deacon, York, 1684 Dec. : priest, 1693 June : curate of Addle
[Adel] near Leeds, 12 June 1693.
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Horo tlio Admission book begins again with the year 1678-9.
Short, Samuel: son of .Jolin : born "apud aedes Cranburien.sos " [Cranbury] in
tlio j>arish of iHlinglon, Midtls. School : Tsliiigton, unihir M'' Singleton. Ad-
mitted ponsioncr wider M'' Lynford, [ — ] Oct. 1678. Age 16. Afterwards
fellow-coniiiioner 28 June 1681.
Matric''. 1679. ..and seems not to have resided till after Mieli". of that year.
M.A. {jm- lit. rc.g.) 168.'?. Admitted at tlio Inner Temple 22 Sept. 1681, third
son of John Short of Cranbury.
Knowsley, John : .son of John : born at Scarborough. School : Tliornton
[f Thornliin Dide, Pickiiring], Yorks., under M'' Parkes. Admitted pensioner
under W Lynford [— ] Oct. 1678. Age 16.
I?.A. 168;-; M.A. 1686. Pos.sibly grandscm of John Knowsley (161','),
Fellow, and afterwards rector of Taiisor, Northants.
Powell, Thomas: son of Hobcn-t, D. D., Chancellor of St Asaph: born at Park,
S.alop. School: ICtoii, under M'' Roswell. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovott
4 Nov. 1678. Age 16.
Resided till Mich". 1680. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn .'iO Nov. 1680.
Robert, the father was adniitt(!d here 1614, and died 168.'!. Robert, adm''.
I(i80, was .M. l.i-o(lier.
Bowtell, William.: son of James: born at Shalford, Essex. School: Felstead,
niider M'' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterliouso 6 Nov. 1678.
Age 17.
RA. 168;^.
Jackson, Robert : .son of Robert : born at Coates Hall, Derbs. School: Wakefield,
under M' Raskerville. Admitted sizar under M'' Watorhouse 20 Nov. 1678.
Age 1.'").
R.A. 168]^. Ordained deacon, York, 1684 Sept. One Rob. Jackson, R. A.,
vicar of Beighton, Derbs. 19 June 1690. Perhaps the same was rector of
Adel, Yorks. 27 Aug. 1702 : described as M.A. (but there was no Rob.
Jackson M.A. at either Cambridge or Oxford at this time). Died there 1730.
Grandfather of Di'an C3'ril Jackson.
Cudworth, Thomas :
M.A. (/)(■/• lit. rn/.) 1682. The only trace of him (apart from this record at
the llniversHy Registry) is that Tlio. Cudworth son of John, the M.A. and
Fellow of 168.'), is called M' Tlio. Cudworth jii7nor. Thomas (senior) may
have been a son of Ralph the Master. The registers of Great St Andrew's
1641-1661 are missing: and there is a blank in the Admission Book from
Mich. 1677 to Mich. 1678 : this Thomas may have been admitted during that
time, and not matriculated; and then have obtained his degree of M.A. by
maiidato before the proper time. See under Charles Cudworth, page 49.
A " M/ Cudworth " appears in the Study-rents in a perplexing way, among
Lynford's pupils. He first is " Cudworth '' only (T;ady Day 1679) about the
middle of the list: at Mich", he is'" M' C'udworlli " in the same place and rises
by degrees to the top of the list. He occurs till Lady Day 1685. He cannot be
either of the Fellows, John, Ralph's son, or Thomas, John's son : nor can he
he the Charles Cudworth who was in India 1683 and died there 1684. I con-
elude (lint he is this Thomas, possibly admitted 1677-8, fellow-commoner in
1679 and (lion.) M.A. 1682: but the history is strange: Thomas, Ralph's
.son, seems to have no claim to any special privilege.
Maye, Joseph :
Admitted at Exeter College, Oxford, 7 Dec. 1666, son of Joseph of
1678—1679 71
St Austell, Cornwall: B.A. 1G7^; M.A. (Chmt's) 16S0. Ordained deacon,
Exeter, 1(571 June; priest, 1673 May. Rector of St Ewe, Cornwall 1679; of
St Grade 1680. His son, Joseph, reverted to Exeter, Oxford in 1696.
Barrett, Arthur :
Admitted at Merton College, Oxford 14 Nov. 1661, son of Will., of Maid-
.stone, Kent, aged 18. B.A. 1666; M.A. (Christ's) 1680. Rector of Sutton
Waldron, Dorset, 1676 : of Caundle Bishop, 1680. (Al. Ox.)
Berrow, Richard: son of John: born at Rickmersworth [Rickmansworth],
Herts. Educated in the " vicus " Camberwell, Surrey, by M'' Ballow. Ad-
luitted sizar under M"' Lovett 11 Jan. 167§. Age 16.
B.A. 168ij; M.A. 1686. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1685 June: priest,
1687 Dec. : licensed to curacy of Ingoldsby. Rector of Gravenhurst, Beds.
21 April 1698. Another (perhaps, but there is no other graduate at either
University) became vicar of East Mailing, Kent 16 Sept. 1699 : gone in 1705.
Baines, John : son of Ralph : born at Crommack [up in the hills, north of
Austwick neiir Giggloswick], Yorks. School : Giggleswick, under M'' Briggs.
Admitted pensioner under Sp Lynford 8 March 107f. Age 21.
Appears on the list of Lynford's pupils three half years Mich. 1680-
Mich. 1681 inclusive — but no charge against him : matrio". not found.
Perhaps never resided.
Pope, Roger : son of Richard : born at Southwark. School : Eton, under
M'' Roswell. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 30 March 167tJ. Age 17.
Next year became fellow-commoner.
Resided till Lady Day 1681 : matric". not found.
Nurse, George : son of George : born at Lincoln. School ; Lincoln, under
M"' BronLsgrove. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 3 April 1679. Age 17.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1686. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1684 Dec; curate of
Kimpton, Leics. : priest, 1685 Sept. ; curate of Stow in Lindsey. The father,
George, was possibly of Christ Church, Oxford (1652). A brother Peter,
matriculated from St John's in the same year as George (the younger) from
Christ's, was Canon of St David's and chaplain to Queen Anne.
Botcher, John : son of George : born at Broad Clist, Devon. School : Broad
Clist, under D'' Coppleston. Admitted sizar under M'' Perkins 4 April
1679. Age 17.
Matric''. 167§ March. Appears first at Mich'', as a pupil of M' Lynford :
and resided till Mich'. 1681.
Tub(b)ing, John : son of Philip ; born at Hindringham, Norfolk. School :
Burnham Thorpe, under M'' Tubbing. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett
24 April 1679. Age 18.
B.A. I685. Philip Tubbin (agricola) sent a son, Peter, to St John's
19 Feb. 1667^: but the son was born at Thorpe, Suffolk. John was ordained
deacon, Norwich, 1683 June, in his 23rd yeai'. He educated Tho. Lunib and
Will. Franklin (1683) at Cawston : but whether as master of a grammar
.school, or private tutor, is uncertain.
Casse, Richard : son of George : born at Brampton Green, Yorks. School :
Knaresborough, under M'' Armitage. Admitted sizar under M"^ Waterhouse
2 May 1679. Age 18.
B.A, 168^; M.A. 1686. Ordained deacon, York, 1684 Dec. Curate of
Little Owsden [iOwston] 22 Dec. 1684.
Covel, John : son of William : born at Lartingford, Norfolk. School : Bury St
Edmunds, under M'' Leeds. Admitted sizar under D'' Covel 7 May 1679.
Age 16.
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Matric'*. 3 July 1679. Resident till Lady Day 1682. Probably John, son of
Will. Covel of Horringer [Horningsheath], probably nephew of John Covel, the
future Master : baptised March 166|. Admitted at the Inner Temple 13 Feb.
168-1-. Probably town-clerk of Bury, 1689. Heir to the Horringer property.
Buried May 1694. (S. H. A. Hervey, Horringer Register, 294.)
Browne, Henry : son of Thomas : born at Lilbourne, Northants. School : [Clay ?]
Coton, under M"' Booth. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 7 May 1679.
Age 18.
B.A. 168|^ ; M.A. 1686. One Henry Browne, M.A., ordained deacon,
London, 1 69§ Feb. : priest, 1 700 May : probably the same was rector of Theydon
Mount, Essex 28 May 1700 : died there before Jan. 172|.
Fox, Thomas : son of Cornelius : born at Corpstead [Corpusty], Norfolk. School •
Holt, under M' Bainbridge. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 13 May 1679.
Age 18.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1686. According to the Norwich Register he was born
at Sa.Kthorpe which is near Corpusty. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 168|.
Probably rector of Aldby, where he was buried 17 Oct. 1715, aged 56. He
held it with Wickmere.
Shaw, — : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lynford 15 May 1679.
Matric". not found. Never resided, so far as the Study-rents show.
Willis, Thomas : eldest son of Richard, baronet : born at Waltham, Essex. School :
[? Chipping] Carapden, Glos. under M"' Tailour. Admitted fellow-commoner
under M"' Lynford 17 May 1679. Age 17.
Son of Sir Richard (1631), and of Alice Fox of Waltham Abbey. In
the Essex Visitation, 1664, he is given " aet. 3.'i He appears in the list of
M'' Lynford's pupils Mich. 1679 ; with no charge against him : not later. Was
he the M.A, of Clare 1683 ? His full name was The. Fox Willis. Succeeded
his father, and according to Burke (^Extinct Baronetage) he died unmarried,
1701, aged 89 (misprint for 39).
Hill, Joshua : son of Thomas : born at Wilsden [near Bradford], Yorks. School :
Erby [Earby near Skipton], under M"' Rakes. Admitted sizar under M'' Water-
house 20 May 1679. Age 17.
B.A. 168|. Maj' be the Joshua Hill, ordained deacon, Lichfield, 169|^
March (and licensed to the Chapel of Brear in the parish of Halifax) with the
note " doctrina et scientia leniter eruditus ideoque non nisi propter penuriam
ecclesiae sive capellae approbatus." Perhaps he laboured there for a long
time with some success, as one Joshua Hill B.A. (no other either at Cambridge
or Oxford) was ordained priest, York, 1716 Sept.
Rigby, Charles : third son of Edward, Serjeant-at-law : born at Preston, Lanes.
School : Preston, under M'' Walmsley. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lyn-
ford 21 May 1679. Age 18.
Matric". not found. In residence till Lady Day 1681. Admitted at Gray's
Inn 7 March 167f, where his father (who practised at Preston) had been
Reader. Younger brother of Edward (1670).
Fairfax, William : son of William : born at Steeton, Yorks. School : Wakefield,
under M'' Baskerville. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Waterhouse 21 May
1679. Age 17.
Matric". not found. Resided up to Lady Day 1680. Son of Will. Fairfax
of Steeton (who was son of Sir William) and of Catharine, daughter of Rob.
Stapleton of Wighill : baptised in Steeton chapel 21 Nov. 1664 [sic]. The
father died 1673. The son was buried at Bglton Percy 20 June 1694
1679 73
(Genealogist, 6. 615). A "Fairfax, junior" — otherwise unknown — appears in
Waterhouse's list for three half years up to Mich. 1680, but without charge;
probably did not come into residence.
Beale, George : eldest son of Henry : born at Knottingley near Ferrybridge,
Yorks. School : Wakefield, under M"' Baske[r]ville. Admitted pensioner
under M"' Waterhouse 21 May 1679. Age 18.
Matric". not found. Probably never resided. Admitted at Gray's Inn
26 Nov. 1679, as of Darrington, Yorks. Henry Beale of Knottingley was
the second husband of Eliz. Carleill of Sewerby, bom 1633. (Hunter F.M G
351.)
Armitstead, John : son of Thomas ; born at Long Preston, Yorks. School :
Giggleswick, under M"' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 23 May
1679. Age 19.
B.A. 168| ; M.A. 1688. Probably the Head-master of Giggleswick School,
12 June 1685-1712, when he died (Morant-Whitaker, Craven, 169.)
Pendock, Thomas : son of Philip : born at Tollerton, Notts. Educated there
by M'' Allsopp [probably John Allsopp (1664) rector]. Admitted pensioner
under M"' Lovett 24 May 1679. Age 17.
Matric*. 3 July 1679. Resident till Mich. 1681. Thoroton (p. 85) gives
his home as Torlaston. His mother was Jane, daughter of Nic. Charlton of
Chilwick.
Margerison, Richard : son of James : born at Hunsworth, Yorks. School :
Bradford, under M"^ Woods. Admitted sizar under M"^ Waterhouse 26 May
1679. Age 16.
B.A. 168§; M.A. 1690. Ordained deacon, York, 1684 Sept. : licensed to
Haworth Chapel, in Bradford : priest, Lincoln, 1687 Dec. ; curate of Everton,
Beds, with Tetworth, Hunts. Vicar of Mirfield, Yorks., where he died (vicar)
before May 1716.
Deane, Andrew : son of Richard : of Westmoreland. School : Holt, Norfolk,
under M^ Bainbridge. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 29 May 1679. Age 16.
Matric''. July 1681 : B.A. 168|. Born at Dufton near Appleby {Norw.
Register). Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1683 Dec.
Firmin, Thomas : son of John : born at Harden [Hawkedon ; so in Norwich
Register], Suffolk. School : Bury, under M^ Leeds. Admitted sizar under
M"- Lynford 3 June 1679. Age 18.
B.A. 168| ; M.A. 1686. His father was rector of Stanstead : and he was
baptised at Hawkedon July 1660. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1683 Dec.
Probably rector of Sudbourne All S'^ with Orford St Bartholomew (contiguous).
Died 1720 (Davy). He was probably akin to Tho. Firmin, "philanthropist"
(D.N.B.), who was born at Ipswich 1632.
Exon, Joseph : son of John : born at Diseworth. School : Repton, under
M"' Litherland. Admitted sizar under M"^ Lovett 4 June 1679. Age 17.
Matric*. 3 July 1679. Buried at Great St Andrew's, Cambridge, 1 May
1682.
Hall, Henry : son of Anthony : born at Thirsk. School : Thirsk, under M"' Wild-
man. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 9 June 1679. Age 17.
B.A. 168|. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 168f Feb. : curate of Wexham St
Mary, near Slough, Bucks. One of these names went out as emigrant minister
to Maryland, receiving the £20 bounty for his voyage 11 Jan. 169^. (Fother-
gill, Emigrant Ministers to America, p. 32.)
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*Finch, Henry : son of Heneage, Baron Finch of Daventry, Chancellor of Eng-
land : born at Kensington. Educated by (1) D'' Sharpe : (2) M'' Moore.
Admitted fellow-commoner (" pro ordinis dignitate ") under M'' Lovett 9 June
1679. Age 15.
Matric''. 3 July 1679; M.A. 1682. Sixth son of Heneage Finch, first
Earl of Nottingham: brother of Edward (167^) and of Robert (168«). By
order of 14 March 168f he was "accepted" as one of the first two Fellows of
the Finch and Baines foundation (Tho. Lovett, see Vol. i. p. .595, being the other)
on the nomination of his eldest brother Daniel, second Earl of Nottingham :
he vacated the Fellowship 6 Dec. 1692. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1689 Dec.
wrongly described as Fellow of Corpus. Prebendary of Ely (second stall)
1690-92, which he resigned, and Tho. Lovett, his tutor, was appointed:
seventh stall 1692-171-1 (?). Rector of Winwick, Lanes. Prebendary of
York (Wetwang) 5 June 1695, which he resigned 1704. Dean of York
1702-28. Died 8 Sept. 1728 aged 64: buried in S. choir aisle: M.L and
medallion. He left the bulk of his property to his " dearest friend and
brother" Edward : also left £100 to "beautify" our Hall, and £200 to buy
a living.
Williams, John : son of Thomas : born at North Myms [Mimms], Herts. School :
Ainsbury [1 Alconbury], Hunts., under M"' Mathews. Admitted pensioner
under M^ Lynford 26 May 1679. Age 18.
Matric". not found. Resided up to Mich. 1681. John Williams, son of
Thomas, late of Lincoln's Inn, deceased, was admitted at Lincoln's Inn
12 Feb. 167|.
Sparrow, John : son of John : born at Hunningham [Sible Hedingham], Essex.
School : Felstead, under M"' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Watei'-
house 16 June 1679. Age 17.
Matric^. 3 July 1679 : resided till Lady Day 1682. Not the John Sparrow,
B.A. (Cath.) 1685. Admitted at Gray's Inn 27 Nov. 1680. Born July 1662,
son of John of Sparrows, Sible Hedingham, by hi.s wife Anne, daughter of
Will. Harrington of Wallasses, Gt Maplestead. Barrister, Mich^ 1686.
Married Elizabeth, daughter of Sam. Clarkson of Langham Lodge, Essex,
by whom he had one daughter Elizabeth, married to Henry Summers of
Colchester. Died 27 March 172f. (Morant, 1. 289.)
Cullum, Thomas : second son of Thomas, baronet : born at Hawstead, Suff. School :
Bury, under M"' Leeds. Admitted fellow-commoner under D'' Covel [ — ] June
1679. Age not given.
Matric<i. (Cullam) 3 July 1679 : resided till Lady Day 1682. Admitted at
the Middle Temple 30 June 1684. Grandson of Sir Tho. Cullum, alderman
and sheriff (1647) of London, knighted at the Restoration "as a recompence
of his great zeal." Son of Sir Thomas (1628-80) second baronet, of Hawstead,
by his wife Dudley, daughter of Sir Henry North. Died unmarried 22 Dec.
1700, aged 38: buried at Hawstead: M.L, vvhich implies that he was a
musician : " quam primum cantus caelicolarum audit, voce haud minus divina
ipsa (anima) cantabat." His brother. Sir Dudley Cullum (who died s. p.
1720) gave in 1703 £10. 10s. to the Chapel fund in memory of him. James
Cullum, of the same family, admitted 1773, three generations later.
Cooke, Moses : son of Moses : born at Little Hadham, Herts. School : Stort-
ford, under M'' Conway. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Lovett 25 June 1679.
Age, not quite 14.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1686. One of the first four Buntingford scholars (Bp.
Ward's foundation) in 1682. Ordained deacon, London, 1686 May: priest,
Lincoln, 168|^ March: curate of Graffham, Hunts. Rector of Sible Heding-
1679 75
ham, Essex (of which his father bought the advowson) 15 April 1690-1733:
" where he built a very good parsonage-house of brick, laid out a handsome
garden, and in all respects greatly adorned and improved the parish " (Morant,
2. 191). Also vicar of Gestingthorpe 10 Feb. 170|-1733 {ib. 309) : when he
died.
Was he the Moses Cooke, son of Moses, cordwainer, of St Giles in the
Fields, admitted at the Middle Temple 22 Nov. 1688?
Place, Benjamin: son of Christopher : born at Clapham, Yorks. School : Lan-
caster, under M' Holden. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 28 June 1679.
Age 20.
Matric". not found. Place, senior (Ben.), and junior (Tim.) appear in the
list of Lovett's pupils (without charge) Mich. 1680 and Lady Day 1681, after
which both disappear. Ben. Place (no degree) was ordained priest, Ely, 1696
Sept. Vicar of Hacconby, Lines. 11 Oct. 1698, patron, the Bishop. Vicar
of Ashby Puerorum, Lines. 6 Aug. 171.5 (patron, the Bisliop) : vacant before
June 1717. Rector of Greetham near Horncastle 8 Aug. 1715.
Chris. Place, the father, vicar of Clapham and buried there 1679, was
charged as " a man of profane and ungodly conversation, oftimes most shame-
fully drunk, and a horrible swearer." {Bradford Antiquary, 1. 246.) Perhaps
he was son of Christopher Plesse \sic\ admitted pensioner 1609.
Place, Timothy : son of Christopher : born at Clapham, Yorks. School : Lan-
caster, under M"' Holden. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 28 June 1679.
Age 19.
See under Ben. (above). Matric". not found. No degree recorded : but
one Tim. Place, B.A., was ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1683 Dec. : licensed to
Little Gidding.
Warner, Samuel : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under D'' Covel
1 July 1679.
Matric". not found. Resided till Mich^ 1681.
Dickins, Thomas : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 2 July
1679.
Perhaps never resided here. Matric''. (Sidney) as pensioner 8 July 1680.
B.A. — as Dicken — (Sidney) 168|.
Dickins, John: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 2 July 1679.
B.A. (Dickin) 168|^. Resided till Lady Day 1683, always appearing as
Dickins. Probably brother of Thomas (above).
Roberts, Marmaduke : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under Dom^ [John]
Cudworth, 2 July 1679.
Matric". not found. Does not appear in the Study-rents and probably
never resided. One Marm. Roberts (? father) died rector of Aswardby, Lines,
before April 1680.
Lloyd, John : son of Thomas : born at Halton, Flints. School : Eton, under
M'^ Rosewell. Admitted at King's, 6 July 1676; at Christ's, pensioner under
My Lovett 4 July 1679. Age 19.
B.A. 16^; M.A. 1683. One John Lloj-d, B.A., ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1681 Sept. : priest, 1682 June. One rector of Wickenby, Lines. 15 March
169J, patron. Sir Tho. Barnardiston ; and again (same name) 4 April 1709:
patron, Sir Tho. Willoughby. One John Lloyd, vicar of Ashby (Magistorum),
Leics. 13 June 1715 : vacant before Aug. 1719.
Terrey, Thomas : son of Thomas : born in Cambridge. School : Ainsbury (?),
76 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
under M'' Mathews. Admitted sizai' under M"' Fairmedow 25 July 1679.
Age 16.
B.A. 168f. Resident till Lady Day 1685.
Clarke, Thomas : admitted as Clark : eldest son of Richard : born at Norwich.
School : Norwich, under M'' Burton. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford
5 Nov. 1679. Age not given.
B.A. (Clarke) 168-|. Brother of Christopher (afterwards Archdeacon)
Clarke, admitted 1687. Seems to have resided till Mich^ 1685. Admitted at
Gray's Inn 4 Aug. 1684. Barrister, 1692: Bencher, 1715: Treasurer, 1731.
Shaw, John : son of John, clerk : born at Rotherham. School : Rotherham,
under M'' Farrer. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Waterhouse 14 Nov. 1679.
Age not given.
Matric". not found. Son of the well-known John Shaw (1623), vicar of
Rotherham and of Hull. Died unmarried, aged 20, and was buried at
Rotherham, Jan. 1683 (Hunter, S. Yorks. 2. 24). His sister and heiress
Margaret, was the wife of Elkanah Rich (Eastwood, Ecclesjield, 473).
Corney, Edward :
Matric"!. sizar 167|^ March. Pupil of M>' Lynford; so far as the Study-
rents show, he resided only between Mich". 1678 and Mich^ 1679. As he
was B. A. 1 6|§, he must have been admitted and kept terms elsewhere. Ordained
deacon, York, 16|^ March: priest, 1680 Sept. One of these names vicar of
Owston, W.R., Yorks. 7 Aug. 1686, patron, Joh. Adams, Esq.: died 1687:
described (M.I.) as " fidelis vicarius " ; but no age given. (Hunter S. Yorks.
2. 479.)
Blythe, Edward :
Matric<i. fellow-commoner, 1679 July. See under [ — ] Blythe 1677.
Appears in the list of M"' Lynford 's pupils for the half-year ending Lady Day
1678 to Mich. 1679 inclusive: but no charge against him: perhaps he never
resided. One Edward Blythe of " Strancson alias Stroxton," Lines. (Stroxton,
near Grantham) was admitted at Gray's Inn 1 April 1678 : his grandmother
was Mary, daughter of Anthony Eyre of Rampton (see Ant. Eyre, adm. 1650).
Plumpton, Henry :
Matric''. sizar 1679 July. Pupil of M"' Waterhouse. B.A. 168|. Ordained
deacon, York, 1682 June: priest, 1683 June. A pedigree of Plumpton of
Plumpton in Genealogist N.S. 22. 42 : but he is not found there.
Backwell, Richard : son of Edward, armiger : born at Parson's Green, Middlesex.
Educated by M'' Maurice. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Lovett 3 Jan.
16|§. Age 16.
Resided till Lady Day 1683. First son (by his second wife, Mary, daughter
of Ri. Leigh of Warwick) of Edw. Backwell (d. 1683) "alderman, a celebrated
London goldsmith, and the principal founder of the banking system in England "
(D.N.B.) to whom, when Charles II "closed the exchequer " in 1672, £295,995
was owing from the King.
Ri. Backwell was admitted at the Inner Temple 17 April 1676 as "of the
City of London " — unless that be a kinsman: Lipscombe {Bucks. 4. 376) makes
him of Gray's Inn. He married but had no children : died 26 April 1731.
The " M"' Maurice " (above) was doubtless Henry Maurice, rector of
Tyringham, Bucks. 1675-9. Tyringham was acquired by John Backwell (son
of Edward by his tirst marriage to Alice Brett) who married Elizabeth, only
daughter of Sir Will, Tyringham. Edward Backwell was buried there.
1679—1680 77
Lane, Edward : [uo facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 3 Jan.
11:79
Matric". not found. Probably never resided.
Stringer, Josias : [father not given] : born at Hilton, Staffs. Admitted pensioner
under M"' Waterhouse 16 Jan. 16 ~. Age not given.
Matric". not found. Probably never resided.
Selby, William : son of Michael : born at Riseley, Beds. School : Kinibolton,
under M'' Taylor. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford 11 March IG^g.
Age not given.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1687. Probably son of Mich. Selby (16ff) rector of
Ingoldsby who died 168i. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1684 Sept. : licensed
to Ingoldsby : priest, 1686 May : still at Ingoldsby. Probably rector of Elton
on the Hill, Notts. 29 Jan. 168f and buried there 9 Sept. 1720 (Godfrey,
Hundred of Bingham, 168).
Beardsley, John : son of John : born at Castle Donington, Leics. School :
Derby, under M'' Mathews. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 17 March 16|^.
Age not given.
B.A. 168|. Ordained deacon and priest, Lincoln, 1684 Sept. : curate of
Cole Orton, Leics.
Standish, Robert : son of Robert : [birthplace not given]. School : Lavington
[Lenton], Lines. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 19 March 16|^^. Age
not given.
B.A. 168f. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1685 Sept. : licensed to Ruskington.
Probably related, but not very nearly, to the Newark family of Standish, to
which Thomas (the Fellow 1653-1714) belonged : not in Maddison's pedigree
(Li7ics. pedigrees, 919).
Christmas, John : son of John : born at Sudbury, Suffolk. Educated by
M'' Chapman [perhaps Edmund or Ambrose, each of whom was ordained to a
Suffolk curacy and beneficed in this year]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett
[date not given]. Age not given.
B.A. 1683 Mids. Vicar of East Cornard, Suffolk, 1686, till 1689, according
to Davy. But in 1687 he joined the Church of Rome (Hast Anglian, 1. 116) :
and was admitted at Douai (16 July 1690).
Battell, William : son of William : born at Holden [probably Howden, E.R.],
Yorks. School : Holden [Howden], under M'' Reinolds. Admitted pensioner
under M'' Waterhouse 10 April 1680. Age 15.
Matric''. sizar 8 July 1680: probably migrated, and graduated at Peter-
house, B.A. 168§; M.A. 1686. A M'' Battell was Master of Hertford School
in 1690 and not before 1685. Perhaps minor canon of St Paul's 1 691-1 69|-,
when he resigned.
Hardcastle, John : son of Thomas : born at Leeds. School : Leeds, under
M'' Gilbert. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 14 April 1680. Age 18.
B.A. 168f; M.A. 1693. Ordained deacon, London, 168J Feb.: priest,
1685 Dec,
Trickett, Samuel : son of Samuel : born at Norton in Scarsdale, Derbs. School :
not given. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 15 April 1680. Age 17.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1687. Son of Samuel (admitted 1652), vicar of Norton.
Ordained priest, Lincoln, 1688 June : then curate of Norton. Rector of
Nuthall, Notts., which he resigned on being instituted to rectory of Aston,
near Sheffield, 18 May 1694 (Hunter, H. Yorks. 2. 166).
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Street, William. : eldest son of William : born at Haliaton, Leics. School : Har-
borough, under M"" Berry. Admitted pensioner under M' Lynford 21 April
1680. Age not given.
Son of Will. Street (1650). Matric". not found. Resided till Mich^ 1681.
Admitted at Gray's Inn 2 Dec. 1681. According to Nichols (Leics. 2. 602),
he was born 1656 : if so he came up old. Died 1697 when his brother Berkeley
succeeded to the property (ib.).
*Every, Simon : son of Henry, baronet : born at Eggington, Derbs. School :
Repton, under M' Litherland. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lynford 26 April
1680. Age 17.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1687. Third son of Sir Henry Every (1646) by his wife
Vere Herbert : called after his grandfather the first baronet. Grandfather and
father were .strong Royalists. Elected Fellow Sept. ("i 7) 1687 succeeding
Henry More. A letter (which has been preserved) from his father on 1 Nov.
1687 bids him "remember with what reputation D'' More lived in the College
and make it your endeavour that as you succeed in his place so in his repute."
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1688 June; priest, August. Resided in College as
Fellow for 16 vears, but seemingly not of mucli mark : was junior Dean and
catechist in 1689: he had one pupil, called Walker: but Waterhouse, and
then Duckfield, swept the field. Junior Proctor 1699. He was presented to
Navenby 23 March 170f — having passed it two years earlier when Rob. Bevin,
a young man, was appointed. Resigned his fellowship before April 1704.
By the death of his two elder brotliers, Henry and John, without issue, he
succeeded to the Baronetcy 1 July 1729 : but he did not resign Navenby : after
1730 the register is always signed by curates, of whom his sons John and
Simon were two. Married Mary, daughter of Joshua Clarke, rector of Somerby :
had five sons, Henry (admitted 1726), John (1726), Simon (1730) and two
others. Died 12 Jan. 1753 after holding Navenby for fifty years, aged 90.
His wife died at Navenby 12 Aug. 1725, apparently after child-birth.
I have been shewn by Miss E. M. Every a curious MS. commonplace book,
which belonged to John Every of Chardstock (? adm. 1648, uncle of this
Simon) ; it contains also entries by Simon to whom it passed. There is a
curious page dealing with his meals in College in Nov. 1693 of which I give
part "Friday 3rd Nov. dine in the Hall : at night noe supper. . . .Sunday 5 of Nov.
my exceed(iugs) in my Chamber. Monday 6 Nov. not anything at noone : at
night half a raw chicken. Tuesday ye 7 nothing at noone, at night nothing
Friday 10th. din: in the Hall, at night noe supper. Saturday din. in the Hall :
at night with M'' Waterhs: on Stinking Mutton. Sunday 12 : di: in Hall, at
night pig's head with Smith."
Waite, George : son of William : born at Milton [near Repton], Derbs. School :
Repton, under M'' Litherland. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 26 April 1680.
Age 18.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1693. His father was a yeoman: the family were still
at Milton two centuries later. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1684 Sept. : licensed
to chapel of Blackfordby, Leics. Licensed to preach at Walton on Trent
4 Oct. 1686. Master of the school of Little Appleby on the boundary of
Derbs. and Leics. 1705-25, when he died, 22 July, aged 65. (Nichols, Leics.
4. 438.) His son George was admitted at Trinity, Oxford, 1713, aged 15.
Merry, Thomas : son of William : born in London. School : Westminster.
Admitted pensioner under M' Cud worth 7 May 1680. Age 18.
Matric'i. as Edward 19 July 1681 : B.A. (Tho. Merrye) 168f ; M.A. 1687 :
no Thomas niatric*. Probably Edward is due to miscopying : but there may
have been two men.
1680 79
Mackworth, Humphry (Onufrius): son of Thomas, baronet. Born at Norman ton,
Ruts. School : not given. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Lynford
11 May 1680. Age not given.
Matric". not found. Resided till Mich**. 1682. Son of Sir Thomas of
Normanton, tiiird baronet, by his wife Anne, daughter of Humphry Mackworth
of Betton, Salop. Nephew of Gustavus (admitted 1650). Died unmarried
(Kimber, 1. 156). For his cousin, another Humphry, "a noted projectoi,"
see D.N.B. The connexion between the College and the Mackworths was
perhaps due to the marriage of the widow of Alex. More of Grantham with
Sir Thomas (the first baronet, 1619) of Normanton.
Hayton, William. : [father not given] : of Derbs. Admitted sizar under M"^ Lyn-
ford 11 May 1680. Age not given.
Matric". not found. Probably never resided.
Backwell, Barnaby : son of Edward, armiger : born at Crislowe [Creslow], Bucks.
Educated by M'' Maurice. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Lovett 24
May 1680. Age not given.
Matric". not found : resided till Mich. 1681. Brother of Richard above,
whom see : named after his grandfather, Barnaby Backwell of Temple Dasset.
Creslow, near Aylesbury, was perhaps one of the farms acquired by Edward
by foreclosing. Admitted at the Inner Temple 6 Feb. 1682. He died
unmarried 21 Feb. 1731, and was buried at Tyringham.
Backwell, Leigh : son of Edward, armiger : born at Parson's Green, Midds.
Educated by M"' Maurice. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Lovett
24 May 1680. Age not given [but not more than 14].
Matric". not found: resided till Mich. 1681. Third brother, see Richard
and Barnaby, above ; called after his maternal grandfatiier Ri. Leigh. He is
not given in the pedigree (Lipscombe, Bucks. 4. 376) : perhaps he died young.
Farrer, Richard : son of Joseph : born at Kirkby Lonsdale. School : Kirkby,
under M"' Farrer, his brother. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 27 May
1680. Age not given.
Matric". not found. Resided till Mich^ 1682. Possibly the " Ri. Farrer,
gent." matric''. at Univ. Coll., Oxford 8 July 1684: B.A. 1688; M.A. 169$:
no further facts given.
Wigg, William : son of William : born at Stainbridge, Beds. School : Hockcliffe,
under M"^ Stackhouse [rector, admitted here 1656]. Admitted sizar under
M^ Lovett 28 May 1680. Age not given.
Matric*. 1681 July. M.B. 1685.
Carr, Richard : son of George : born at Giggleswiek. School : Giggleswick, under
M'' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 29 May 1680. Age not given.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1689. Perhaps the Ri. Carr who taught three weeks
(during a vacancy) at Giggleswick before June 1685, for £2. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1685 Sept.; licensed to All Saints, Huntingdon: priest, 168| Feb. ;
licensed to Wotton, Lines. One Ri. Carr, M.A., rector of Kirkby cum
Broughton, Yorks. 5 July 1727 : gone in 1728 (Graves, Cleveland, 241).
Hargreaves, Thomas : son of John : born at Gisborne, Yorks. School : Erby
[Earby], under M' Rakes. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 29 May 1680:
afterwards pensioner. Age not given. M.B. (Hargraves) 1685.
Lawson, Thomas : son of Laurence : born at Giggleswick. School : Giggleswick,
under M'' Briggs. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 31 May 1680. Age
not given.
Probably never resided. Name entered in Study-rents for a year, without
charge.
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Pyke, William : son of Richaid : born at Claverley, Salop. Educated by M"' Guest.
Aduiitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 1 June 1680. Age not given.
Matric". not found : name entered for a half-year without charge. Probably
never resided.
Wolfall, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Tonstall, Lanes. School : Garstang,
under M"' Harding. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 14 June 1680. Age
not given. ■
Matric". 8 July 1680 : resided till Lady Day 1681.
Jackson, John : son of Robeit : born at Canifield [?], Lanes. School : Sedbergh,
under M'' Wharton. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 14 June 1680. Age
not given.
Matric''. 8 July 1680. Resided till Lady Day 1681. One of these names
died vicar of Skipwith, Yorks. before Oct. 1713.
Hale, William: [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 18 June
1680.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1687. Possibly second son of William Hale of King's
Walden, Herts., M.P. for Herts., by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Jeremiah
Elwes of Roxby, Lines. : born 17 Peb. 1663. (Berry, Herts. Genealogies, 34.)
Tatham, Edmund : [admitted as William : no facts given]. Admitted pensioner
under M'' Lynford 18 June 1680.
Matric'i. (Edmund) 3 April 1682. B.A. (Edmund) 1684 Mids. ; M.A. 1694.
Probably nephew of Edmund Tatham (1654) vicar of Tonstall 1664—1699:
viz. son of Ills elder brother Richard. One Edm. Tatham ordained priest,
York, 1684 Dec, succeeded the elder Edmund at Tonstall 21 June 1699, on
the presentation of John Bonett. Died (probably intestate) in 1718. Another
was vicar of Newport, Essex, 24 Feb. 170|: and of Quendon 29 Mar. 1707:
held both till 173.5, when he died : perhaps of St John's, M.A. 1700. If there
was also a Will. Tatham admitted here, perhaps he was a son of John Tatham
of Pontefract, deceased, admitted at Lincoln's Inn 23 April 1678. One — and
only one — appears in Study-rents, till Mich''. 1681 : after that date he probably
became a sizar.
Carter, Thomas: [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lynford 18 June
1680.
Matric". not found : resided till Lady Day 1681. Perhaps Tho. Carter, son
of William of Gilling, Yorks., admitted at Gray's Inn 24 June 1680.
Waldron, John : son of George, armiger : [birthplace not given]. School : [Fel-
stead], under M"' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 3 July
1680. Age 16.
Matric". not found : resided till Lady Day 1681. Admitted at Gray's Inn
13 June 1680 as son of George Waldron of Stapleford Abbotts, Essex ; who
married Amy, daughter and heiress of Era. Stonard of Knowles Hill where a
younger brother Francis Waldron (admitted 1681) was born. According to
Morant (1. 178) their son George (not John) was at Christ's, died 15 Ma}' 1681,
aged 17 years and 2 months; and has M.I. in Stapleford Abbotts church. It
seems likely that George is a mistake for John.
Wightman, Robert : nothing recorded except that he was admitted pensioner : it
must have been at some time between July and September 1680.
Appears for Study-rents first at Mich. 1681 as a pupil of M'' Cudworth :
afterwards he was transferred to M"' Lovett. Buried at Great St Andrew's
11 June 1683. A family of this name at Hinckley, Leics. — with a branch at
Peckleton — pedigree in Nichols, 4. 876.
1680—1681 81
Carter, Martin : son of Martin : born at Shalford, Essex. School : Felstead,
under M'' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 11 Sejit. 1680.
Age 16.
Matric". not found: resided till Mich. 1G82. Admitted, as of Great
Saling, son of Martin of Shalford, at Lincoln's Inn 22 Jan. 1681. Martin
Carter, the grandfather, came from Lines, to Shalford. His son Martin, of
Queens' College and of Gray's Inn, bought Saling Hall : married Elizabeth,
daughter of Ant. Wolnier of Lines. Martin the third, our man, married
" Mary Westwood or Butler " (Morant, 2. 411 ). " An accomplished gentleman,
of singular learning... greatly improved the house and gardens at Saling Hall
in 1699." But he sold it in 1717 to Hugh Raymond.
Scoles, Nathaniel : son of Jeremiah : born at Salford, Lanes. Educated by
M'' Barrow. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 11 Sept. 1680. Age 16.
Matric". not found. Resided, if at all, for half a year only. Jeremiah
Scoles was ejected in 1662 from Norton, Derbs. : afterwards a nonconformist
minister at Manchester. Nathaniel became a pupil of M'' Frankland (at
Natland) 4 April 1684. According to Urwick (Cheshire, 233) he was a pastor
at Newton, then at Macclesfield where he died 10 Oct. 1702, aged 37.
Matthew Henry writes of him (Tong's Life of M. Henry, 279) that he was
"a very ingenious man, a florid preacher, and very serious and affectionate in
all his performances. He met with affliction in his marriage, which occasioned
some unevenness in his temper : but he was a man of true piety and integrity.
He died of a palsy in complication with other distempers. His afflictions had
broken his spirit very much." (Urwick, as above.)
Collins, William : admitted as Collin : of Herts. Admitted sizar under M'^ Lyn-
ford 17 Sept. 1680. Age not given.
B.A. (Collins) 168|. Probably the Collins who was one of M"' Austin's
three poor scholars to be paid out of the Exchequer: appointed 7 Feb. 168^
"for the Master," together with Oxley "for D'' Widdrington" and Sir Foster for
D"' More (?) : these three alone sign the order. See under Rob. Foster (1678).
Wykes, Aquila : admitted as Wyke [the praelector, Tho. Waterhouse, writes
Aquilas, with hesitation : the s is a later addition] : son of Aquila : born
in London. Educated at Harding [in Herts.]. Admitted pensioner under
M' Lynford 25 Oct. 1680. Age not given.
B.A. (Wykes) 168|.
Powell, Robert: son of Robert, D.D. and Chancellor of St Asaph : born at Parke,
Salop. Educated at home by M"' Taylor. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett
22 Nov. 1680. Age 14.
Rob. Powell, the father (adm. 1644) oscillated between Cambridge and
Oxford ; but was never at Christ's. The son was admitted at Lincoln's Inn
30 Nov. 1680. Resided here till Lady Day 1682. One of these names was B.A.
(Queens') 168|^, M.A. 1688: he matric'^. from there 15 Dec. 1683, having
probably migrated from Christ's.
White, John :
Matric*. sizar 1680 July: B.A. 168f. One John Wright \sic J. A. V.],
son of Thomas, clerk, of Little Hendred, Berks, admitted at the Middle
Temple 24 Oct. 1683.
Fournesse, Samuel : eldest son of Joseph : born at Ovenden near Halifax.
[School not given.] Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 26 Feb. 168^.
Age 18.
Resided till the summer of 1682. Probably the man mentioned by Oliver
Heywood in his Diary, " M'' Saml ffurnesse and Jane Breatcliffe, Sept. 26
[1682] unknown to Relations the' for main consenting" {Nwihowrmn Register,
82 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
p. 45). Also somewhat later "Sam. flfourness of Ovendon, bur. 23 Feb. 168|,
a young man dispatcht with Intemperance" (ib. p. 72).
Driffield, Christopher : son of Christopher ; born at Ripon. School : Ripon,
under M'' Loop. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 30 March 168L Age 16.
Resided till Lady Day 1684. Christopher, son and heir of Christopher of
Gray's Inn, admitted there 21 June 1682. M"' Chris. Driffield, barrister of
Ripon, married at York Minster 10 Jan. 1694 to Mary, daugliter of Tho.
Fairfax, Esq., of York and Sledmere. Married again in 1702, on Nov. 4 to
Anne Carpenter of Beverley. Will dated 21 May 1721, proved 3 July 1724
by his widow Anne [Yorks. Arch. Journal, 2. 115).
Massam, John : [no facts]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 30 March 1681.
Probably never resided here. Perhaps B.A. (Peterhouse) 168^ ; M.A. 1688.
Yates, Francis : son of William : born at Dunnington [Donington], Salop. [School,
not given.] Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse 5 April 1681. Age 15.
Apparently kept the Mich. Term 1682 or the Lent Term 1683, but no
more. One " Yeates, literatus," of Christ's College, was ordained deacon,
Glos., 1686: priest, 1687. A Francis Yates was incumbent of St Nicholas,
Whitehaven, 1693, and rector of Moresby 1711-20. Another, of the same
name, was at Moresby 1728-35 (Jefferson, Cumberland, 2. 68, 381).
Lambert, Josias : son of Thomas : born at Hubberholme, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 9 April 1681. Age
not given.
Does not appear in the Study-rents. Probably the father Thomas was the
son of John Lambert of Cold Coniston in Craven; drowned in 1694 while
riding between Long Preston and Settle (Whitaker-Morant, Craven, 256).
Pye, Charles : son of John : born at Morpeth. School not given. Admitted
sizar under M'' Lynford 18 April 1681. Age not given.
B.A. 168|^. Perhaps son of John Pye (1633) rector of Morpeth; and
younger brother of John (1668). Ordained deacon, Durham, 1685 Sept.
Rector of Meldon (about seven miles from Morpeth) 1695-1726. Collected
many papers concerning the li\ ing of Meldon, which came into the hands of
the Rev. James Raine, a succeeding rector. Buried at Morpeth 27 Nov. 1726.
(Hodgson, Northumberland, ll. ii. 10.)
Fenwick, Richard : son of Arthur : born at Appleby, Westmoreland. School
not given. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 18 April 1681. Age not given.
Transferred to M' Lovett, under whom he resided till Lady Day 1684, but
took no degree.
Heathcote, Gilbert : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse
22 April 1681.
Only one Heatlicote is found in the Study-rents, and he is doubtless Ralph
(admitted 8 July). See under Gilbert, admitted 1666. If dates be right,
neither can be the banker and Lord Mayor of London, Sir Gilbert, "the grave
Sir Gilbert" who "holds it for a rule that every man in want is knave or
fool " (Pope). But probably each belonged to one of the Derbyshire families :
among whom Gilberts and Ralphs are plentiful.
Forster, James : youngest son of George : born at Bolam, Westmoreland [?J.
School not given. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 25 April 1681. Age not
given. Became a pensioner under M'' Lovett 30 June 1682.
B.A. 168i. Ordained deacon, Carlisle, 168|- Feb. One J. Forster curate
of Alnwick 1687-92. Vicar of Lesbury and of Shilbottle 1688-1712. Married
1689 to Mary Claxton. Buried 12 Aug. 1712 (Bateson, Northumb^ 2. 442).
1681 83
Hoe, John : eldest son of John : born at Nottingham. School : Nottingham,
under M"' Cudworth. Admitted sizar under M"^ Lovett 28 April 1681. Age
not given.
B.A. 1684. Ordained deacon, London, 168| Feb. A pedigree of the
family of Hoo of Paul's Warden is in Berry's Herts. Genealogies, 148.
Lowther, William : son and heir of William, ariniger : born at Swillington,
Torks. School : Berwick, under M'' Atkinson. Admitted pensioner under
M'' Lynford 17 May 1681. Age not given. Became fellow-commoner 13 Oct.
1682.
Admitted at Gray's Inn 14 Dec. 1682, having probably kept the term at
Cambridge. Eldest son of Sir Will. Lowther of Garforth, and eventually of
Swillington, High Sheriff for Yorks., and M.P. for Pontefiact, by his wife
Catherine Harrison of Dancer's Hill, Herts. Candidate for Parliament in
1688 (see under Welbury Norton, vol. I. p. 529) : elected for Pontefract in room
of his father. High Siieriff 1697. Created a baronet 5 March 1715. Married
in 1691 Annabella, daughter of Banister, Lord Maynard, sister of Banister,
admitted 1694. Died 6 March 1729, leaving a son Sir William, second
baronet.
Brooksbank, Abraham : son of William : born at Thornton, Torks. School not
given. Admitted sizar under M' Waterhouse 23 May 1681. Age not given.
Not found in the Study-rents. Perhaps nephew of Abraham Brooksbank,
the Fellow, and vicar of Bradford. If so, his birthplace may be the Thornton
near Bradford.
Stillington, Thomas : son of Thomas, armiger : born at Kelfield, Yorks. School r
Rotherham, under M'' Farrer. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse
30 May 1681. Fellow-commoner April 1682.
M.A. (2m- lit. reg.) 1683. Resided till Mich. 1684. Son of Thomas of
Kelfield by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Jos. Micklethwayte M.D. of York.
His son Joseph, of Kelfield was admitted 1721. I cannot fit this history
into a pedigree (dateless) given by Foster, Yorks. Visitations, 633.
Charleton, John : son of James : born at Holton, Lanes. School : Manchester,
under M"^ Barrow. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 3 June 1681. Age
not given.
Not found in Study-rents.
Lees, John : [father not given] : of Lanes. Educated at Stopworth [? Stockport]
by M"" Needham. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 3 June 1681. Age not
given.
B.A. 1684 Ordained deacon (Leese), York, 1685 Sept. : priest, Lincoln,
1688 June. Curate of Normanton.
Jervase, John : son of Alexander : born at Darnel [Darnall, near Sheffield], Yorks.
School : Sheffield, under M'' Bayly. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse
20 June 1681. Age not given.
Not found in Study-rents.
Hill, John : [father not given] : born at Thistlethwaite [Isleworth], Midds.
School, not given. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett 22 June 1681.
Age not given.
Not in Study-rents. One John Hill, son of Roland, late of London,
merchant, admitted at the Inner Temple 7 Jan. 168|.
Cotton, William : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett
24 June 1681.
Not found in Study-rents. Possibly he is the son of Will. Cotton (1639)
rector of Broughton Astley, Leics., admitted 1677 and now re-admitted: see
page 65.
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* Heathcote, Ralph : son of Ralph : born at Sta[ve]ley, Derbs. School : [Repton],
under M"' Litherland. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse 8 July 1681.
Age 17.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1688, incorporated, Oxford, 1693. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 20 Feb. 1684: priest, 27 Feb. King Edward Fellow by mandamus
of James II at the end of 1686 or beginning of 1687, succeeding John Isham.
He was junior Dean 1688, Praelector 1690, but held few offices, and had
no pupils: he was Taxor in the University 1691. He married Eliz. West of
Aston 1695 : and his fellowship was vacant before 4 July. Rector of Staveley
1695-1710 (succeeding his father), and of Morton 4 Nov. 1710. Had lands
at Doncaster, Kimberworth, Gainsborough, Chesterfield and Newbold. Will
proved 13 April 1739 (Hunter, F.M.G. 474). His namesake Ralph "divine
and miscellaneous writer" (D.N.B.) was born at Barrow-on-Soar in 1721:
and was, I think, grandson of our Ralph.
There is a direct line of Ralphs, all of some note, down to the great-great-
grandson : (1) Ralph, the rector of Staveley from 1661 to 1716. (2) Ralph,
the Fellow of Christ's, rector of Staveley and Morton 1663-1739. (3) Ralph,
of Jesus, rector of Norton and vicar of Sileby, 1697-1755. (4) Ralph, D.D.,
Fellow of Jesus, vicar of Sileby and rector of Sawtrey, the " divine and mis-
cellaneous writer " (1721-95). (5) Ralph, plenipotentiary at Cologne, 1752-
1800.
Miller, Nicholas : son of Nicholas : born in London. School : Hertford, under
M"^ Howard. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford 8 July 1681. Age 18.
Resided till Mich. 1682. The father is perhaps Nic. Miller of Reigate,
who married 3 Dec. 1661 at All Hallows, London Wall, Mary Franklin of
Sandon, Herts., spinster "about 24 and at her own disposal, although her
mother will not consent." {London Marriage Licenses, 923.)
Oxley, Thomas : [father not given] : born at Chicknall [Chignall St James],
Essex. School : [Felstead], under M'' Glascock. Admitted sizar under M"' Lyn-
ford 12 Sept. 1681. Age not given.
Charged in Study-rents up to Lady Day 1682. Son of Amor (1635) rector
of Chignall St James with Mashbury, Essex, and grandson of Thomas (1597).
One of M'' Austin's poor scholars, by order 7 Feb. 168|. The last of the
Oxleys admitted here.
Poole, — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 17 Sept. 1681.
B.A. (Henry Poole) 168f.
Wardour, William : son of William, armiger : born in London. Educated at
home under M"' Leeds. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Lynford 10 Oct.
1681. Age 17.
M.A. {per lit. reg.) 1682. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn, 29 Oct. 1683 : son of
Will. Wardour of Westminster, second son of Sir Edward, also of Westminster,
M. P. for Malmesbury. Will. Wardour of Lincoln's Inn, bachelor, aged 21,
married at St Bride's on 9 Sept. 1685, Anne Sophia Rodd of St Andrew,
Holborn, aged 22 (Foster, London Marriage Licenses, 1414).
Atkins, Richard: eldest son of Edward, Baron Atkins of the King's Bench:
born in London. School : Burntwood [Brentwood], under M' Barnard. Ad-
mitted fellow-commoner under M' Lynford 2 Nov. 1681. Age 15.
Resided till Mich. 1682. Born 20 June 1666 (Davy). Admitted at Lincoln's
Inn 8 Nov. 1682, as son of Sir Edward Atkins, of Norwich, Baron of the
Exchequer. Married a daughter of Sir [ — ] Kinsay. Died 1717 (Davy).
Father of Richard (1714).
1681 85
Waldron, Francis : son of George, armiger : born at Knowls Hill, Essex. School :
Felstead, under M'' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M' Waterhouse
16 Nov. 1681. Age not given.
Brother of John, admitted 1680. Seems to have resided between Mich.
1682 and Mich. 1684. Admitted as Fra. Stonard Waldron at Gray's Inn
26 Nov. 1687. His grandfather was Fra. Stonard.
Barber, John : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse
16 Nov. 1681.
Seems to have resided till Mich. 1682.
Tyrrell, Charles : son of Charles : born at Shoobury [Shoebury], Essex. School :
Felstead, under Mr Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse
23 Nov. 1681. Age 15.
B.A. 168|. Admitted at Gray's Inn 30 Oct. 1685 as son of Charles, clerk,
of Sutton — near Shoebury, 1665-96. One Cha. Tyrell (more probably the
father, who was B.A. (St John's) 1661) was rector of Canewdon, Essex,
16 Dec. 1692 till his death in 1696 (Newcourt, 2. 121), described as M.A.,
but none such at Cambridge or Oxford. One of these names was a Master at
Bury (Donaldson, p. 41).
Boylston, Joseph : son of John, D.D. : born at Derby. School : Repton, under
M'' Litherland. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 9 Dec. 1681. Age not
given.
B.A. 168f; M.A. 1689. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 169^ March: licensed
to Gransden, Herts, [sic]. The father was admitted here 1626, B.A. 16|^,
afterwards of Jesus College.
Sparke, John :
Matric*. sizar 1681 July. One John Sparke, usher in Giggles wick school,
received, 31 March 1683, £3. 10s. : and again in 1684 £1. 10s. for three weeks'
teaching in an interregnum. One John Sparke, clerk, vicar of Long Preston
(near Settle) 19 Nov. 1703 — presented by Christ Church, Oxon, but not given
in Al. Ox. Possibly the same man who was instituted to the vicarage of
-Bolton-le-Sands, Lanes. 18 Nov. 1690 (Croston-Baines, 5. 509).
Clayton, William :
Matric". sizar 1681 July. B.A. 168|; M.A. 1687. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 168|^ Feb. : licensed to Taplow, Bucks. A M"' Clayton was Master
of Bradford grammar school about 1693; gone 1710.
Sagar, Joshua :
Matric''. sizar 1681 Dec: B.A. 168^. Son of John Sagar of Bradford:
baptised 6 Jan. 1655. He was a cousin of Ralph Thoresby of Leeds. On
9 June 1683 he entered Frankland's Academy, then established at Calton after
the removal from Natland. In spite of the Presbyterian atmosphere of the
Academy, he was ordained deacon, York, 1690 Dec. : priest, 1692 Sept.
But eventually he settled as minister of a Presbyterian congregation at New
Chapel, Wakefield. Married in 1693 Baptista Poole. Died 28 March 1710,
and was buried at "a burying place near Woodkirk {1 Tingley) Mar. 31, aged
about 44 : a worthy useful man, a very great loss" {Northowrarn Rey^. 251).
His son Joseph became a Canon of Salisbury, and died 1759 (Hunter, F.M.G.
148). Author: Dissertalio Fhilosophica inaitguralis de immateriali mentis
humaiiae natura, Edinb. 1713. Edited by John Stirling. One of these
names, but probably another man, was rector of Nuthall, Notts. 12 July
1694.
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*Ellis, Charles :
B.A. (Trill.) 1684; M.A. (Christ's) 1688. Elected Fellow (succeeding, I
think, Tho. Lynford) before 30 Sept. 1686 when he was appointed custos
cistae. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 22 May 1687: priest, 29 May. In 1687
he was Junior Dean and catechist. In 1689 he was Bunting preacher. He
held no office later : he seems to have gone out of residence in 1691 and from
that time Dan. Duckfield and others sign for him in the Dividend-book. In
Dec. 1695 and Dec. 1697 he was in London (notes by D"' Covel). He died
before 29 March 1700.
Stephenson, William : son of William : born at Rother[h]am. School : Rother-
ham, under M'' Farrer. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 1 March 168|.
Age not given.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1689. Ordained deacon, York, 1689 Sept.: priest,
169^ March. The father was probably the vicar of Laxton, Notts, (of Queen's
Coll., Oxford), benefactor to Brampton school in Cumberland (Carlisle, 2. 700)
who died before 1694. William, the son, was probably rector of Rawmarsh,
near Rotherham, 5 Oct. 1693. One of these names was vicar of Rudston near
Bridlington 11 June 1717.
Handforth, William : admitted as Handford. Admitted at St John's (as
Handforth) 29 June 1679, as stated in his letters testimonial: at Christ's
sizar under M'' Lovett 2 March 168|.
B.A. (Handforth) 168|. Born at Newton, Cheshire, son of Will. Hand-
forth (status not given) : educated at Stockport under M'" Needham. He was
admitted at St John's 17 (not 29) June. {St John's Adm. book.)
Forman, John : admitted at Sidney 3 July 1679 : at Christ's, sizar under M'' Lyn-
ford 3 March 168^.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1686, incorp^., Oxford, 1691. One of the first four
Buntingford Scholars 1682 : and he had the full value of it, residing till
Lady Day 1686, when he is given as M.A. [Second son of John Forman " aro-
matopola sive grocer " born at Elham, Kent : educated there for three years
under M"^ Perne, for two years under M'' Crew and M'' Cross : then at Mer-
chant Taylors' School, under D'' John Goad for one year. Admitted at Sidney,
aged 16, sizar under M'' Goodlad, then M'' Sam. Richardson {Sidney Adm^.
Book).]
Thackeray, Elias : son of Thomas : born at Hampswait [Hampsthwaite, near
Knaresborough]. Educated by M' Arniitage [? at Horton near Bradford].
Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 27 March 1682. Age not given.
B.A. 1681; M.A. (Jesus) 1709. Rector of Haukswell, Yorks. 27 Nov.
1711 : died there 4 June 1737, aged 71 : M.I., which recounts his many virtues
(Whitaker, Richmondshire, 1. 325).
*Nowers, Beaupre : son of Francis : born in London. School : St Paul's, under
D'' Gale. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Lovett 28 March 1682. Age not given.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1690. Son of Francis Nowers of Pluckley, Kent, and
of Hester, daughter of Isaac Bargrave, D.D., dean of Canterbury. Exhibitioner
of St Paul's 1681-9. Elected Fellow 28 Oct. 1687 succeeding Tho. Cudworth.
Died 10 Nov. 1690 aged 25 : buried at St Margaret's, Westminster, of which
his grandfather liad formerly been minister, and where his mother was buried.
An eulogistic inscription ("formerly visible") is printed in The Pauline
July 1891, according to which he died "tanquam satis sibi gloriaeq[ue] ;
amicis licet patriaeq[uej vixerat parum."
Forster, Samuel : son of Nathaniel : born at Allington, Wilts. School : Salis-
bury, under M"^ Taylour. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 1 April 1682.
Age not given.
1682 87
B.A. 1685- ; M.A. 1690. His father, Nathaniel, was admitted 1G34: he
was rector of AlHngton, ejected and restored. Ordained priest, SaHsbury (at
St George's, Windsor), 15 June 1690. Rector of Welby, near Grantham,
18 March 169 A — the living was in the gift of the prebendaries of Grantham
Australis and Borealis at Salisbury, alternately. He lived there continuously :
every page of the register is signed by him till 20 April 1730. He was buried
4 June of the same year. (Rev. E. F. Quarrington, rector.) The Master (of the
same names) of the Free School, Buckingham, 1709-15 (Lipscombe, 2. 584)
and vicar of Swanbourne, Bucks. 24 Jul}' 1715, was perhaps M.A. of Lincoln,
Oxford, 1692.
Pope, William. : no facts given, except that he was admitted sizar under M'' Lovett
1 April 1682 "et praematuro fato succubuit."
He was buried at Great St Andrew's 22 April.
Mathewman, Richard : son of Richard : born at Brampton, Derbs. School :
[probably Wakefield], under M'' Baskerville. Admitted sizar under M"' Water-
house 1 April 1682. Age not given.
B.A. 168|. His father Richard was admitted 1651.
Lortie, Andrew : son of Andrew : born at [La] Rochelle, France. Educated
there. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 18 April 1682. Age not given.
B.A. 168j. Ordained deacon, London, 168| Feb. Rector of Barton, Notts.
5 Jan. 169^. Another of the same names was D.D. [per lit. reg.) 1683 and
became rector of Paglesham, Essex, 7 May in the same year : the same — or
perhaps a third (no degree or college given) was ordained deacon, London,
20 Feb. 168^
Gurnall, John : son of William : born at Lavenham, Suffolk. School : Felstead,
under M'' Glascock. Admitted sizar under M"^ Waterhouse 20 April 1682.
Age 17.
B.A. 168|. The father was Minister of Lavenham 1645 in the Twelfth
division of the Suffolk Presbyteries (Shaw, 2. 429). The son was curate of
Brockley, Suffolk 1691-8: died 1700.
Haines, James : son of Hezekiah : born at Copford, Essex. School : Felstead,
under Mr Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 17 May 1682.
Age not given.
He resided till Lady Day 1685, but took no degree. He died a bachelor
(Morant, 2. 195). Hezekiah, father of James, was a Major-General in the
Civil War : and married Anne Bushell, widow of a Turkey-merchant. His
father, John, bought Copford manor and estate {ib.). Hezekiah Haines, B.A.
at Sidney 1 706, was son of John of Copford, Essex ; and nephew of James.
Jones, Edward : son of Benjamin : born at Hertford. School : Hertford. Ad-
mitted sizar under M'' Lynford 23 May 1682. Age not given.
B.A. 168f.
Wallis, William : son of William : bom at Newcastle. Educated by M'' Cogging.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford 27 May 1682. Age not given.
Resided till Mich. 1684. One Will. Wallis of River Green, Northumber-
land was admitted at Gray's Inn 11 Feb. 168^. Perhaps B.A. (Clare) 1684;
M.A. 1692. Ordained deacon, London, 1687 May: licensed to Billesdon,
Leics. Perhaps rector of Wistow, Leics. 21 Aug. 1695-1714 : rector of Norton
by Galby 10 Aug. 1714 : buried there 11 Jan. 1725, aged 62. He seems to
have signed as vicar of Kilby, Leics. in 1694 and 1696 (Nichols, u. 2. 878):
but no institution or cession appears.
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Walker, John : son of William : born at Kirkum [Kirkham], Lanes. Educated
by M"^ Kawcroft [?]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 29 May 1682.
Age not given.
Resided till Lady Day 1683. One John Walker of Priesthall, near Kirkham,
admitted at Gray's Inn 29 Jan. 168f. One joined Ri. Frankland's Academy
(at Attercliff) 26 Jan. 168|.
Wilkinson, Christopher : son of John : born at Horton, Yorks. School : Hor-
ton, under M'' Arniitage. Admitted sizar under M' Waterhouse 29 May 1682.
Age not given.
B.A. 168|.
Metcalfe, Matthew : son of Matthew : born at Apperset [-said], Yorks. School
not given. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 7 June 1682. Age not given.
Brother of Micliael, originally of Oxford, then M.A. (Christ's) 1676, and
by this time rector of Little Thurrock in Essex. He seems not to have resided.
Berrow, John : son of John : born at Rickmansworth, Herts. School : Camber-
well, under M"' Ballow. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 9 June 1682. Age
not given.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1689. Brother of Richard (167|). Ordained deacon,
Salisbury, 1689 Sept. : priest, 1690 Sept. Vicar of Inglesham (presented by
the Bishop of Salisbury), Wilts. 1704-18, when he died. Subscriber to Ford's
Articuli [J.E.B.M.]. The father was probably of Corpus, Oxford, and vicar of
Watford 1675 {Al. Ox.). Capell, son of John, born at Watford, and admitted
1700, may be a third son.
Catlyn, John: son of John : born at Hull. School : Hull, under M'' Pell. Ad-
mitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 13 June 1682. Age not given.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1690. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1688 June: licensed
to curacy of Lower Church [St Mary's] in Hull : priest, York, 16|-g- March.
Drake, Thomas : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 19 June
1682. Age not given.
Appears in the list of Waterhouse's pupils in Mich. 1682, with no charge
against him : does not reappear. Perhaps the Thomas Drake, son of Robert
Drake of Cambridge, admitted at Gray's Inn 29 May 1682.
Sharpe, John : son of John : of Yorks. School : Wibsey [near Bradford], Yorks.,
under M' Lunn. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 19 June 1682. Age
not given.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1689. One John Sharpe, B.A., ordained priest, Lincoln,
168| March : and instituted vicar of Alford, Lines., patron, the Crown. But
another John Sharpe, of Christ's, was licensed to practise medicine, 1689.
Either might be the John Sharpe M.A., of Christ's, given by Cole, as chaplain
of the forces at New York : probably the same who emigrated as minister to
the Leeward Islands 27 Feb. 1705- (Fothergill, Emigrant Ministers to America,
p. 54). Preached at Trinity church. New York, 13 Aug. 1706 a sermon from
Job xiv. 14 on the death of Lady Catherine Cornbury, wife of the Governor of
New York.
Askew, Richard : son of John : born at Kirkby Lonsdale. School : Kirkby,
under M"^ Farrer. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 22 June 1685. Age not
given.
B.A. 168f.
Coe, Robert : son of William : born at Horsham, Sussex. School : Horsham,
under D"' Nesbit. Admitted pensioner under M' Waterhouse 30 June 1682.
Age not given.
1682 89
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1689; M.D. 1696. Recommended by Hen. Halliwell
(see vol. I. p. 577) to Henry More, in a letter 20 May 1686, as a son of an old
friend, for a Fellowship : but did not get one. The letter is No. 37 in a collec-
tion (MS.) of letters written to D"' More, belonging to the Dean of Westminster.
Meriton, John : son of George : born at Kirby Wiske, Yorks. School : [Kirby],
under M"' Smelt. Admitted sizar under M"' Lynford 30 June 1682. Age not
given.
B.A. 168|-. George, the father, was a "legal and miscellaneous writer,"
1634-1711 (D.N.B.), an attorney at Northallerton, who married Mary Palliser
of Kirby Wiske : he wrote an Abridgment of the Irish Statutes and several
dialect-books, including a poem The Praise of Yorkshire Ale. " Removed
into Ireland where he was said to be made a Judge" (Ra. Thoresby, 1703).
George, elder brother of John, was admitted at St John's 1678 and died at
Cambridge 1680. John is not mentioned in his father's will 26 Sept. 1701,
and proved by a younger brother, Luke, in 1711. {Genealogist, N.S. 23. 165.)
Another John Meriton (of Caius, B.A. 168|) — perhaps a cousin — was rector
of Boughton, Norfolk, succeeding his father, Henry.
Halles, William : son of John : born at Glaston, Ruts. School : Peterborough,
under M'' Smith. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 4 July 1682. Age 15.
B.A. 168f ; M.A. 1689. One of the first appointed Finch and Baines
scholars. Will. Halls, B.A., ordained priest, Lincoln, 1689 Sept. : licensed to
Taplow, Bucks.
Doraet(t), Samuel : son of John ; born at Hawkhurst, Kent, " inter Durotriges."
Educated by M'' Barber. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 4 July 1682.
Age not given.
B.A. (Domett) 168|.
Carter, John : son of Ralph : born at Redmire, Richmond. School : Bedale, under
M'' Rob. Nicholson (Pemb. Hall). Admitted at Pembroke 3 July 1680: at
Christ's sizar under M"' Holdsworth 13 Oct. 1682. Age not given.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1694. Ordained deacon, York, 168i March: curate of
Bedale, March 16.
Bagl(e)y, George : son of Samuel, incumbent of Haselbeech, Northants. School :
Gilsborough, under M' Chapman. Admitted sizar under M'^ Lynford 27 Oct.
1682. Age 18.
B.A. (Bagley) 168y. One Geo. Bagley occurs as vicar of Desborough,
Northants. in 1695 (Bridges, 2. 27): also rector of Isham, where he occurs
1719 {ih. 110).
Waterhouse, Jeremiah : [father not given] : of Yorks. School : Sheffield, under
M'' Balg[u]y. Admitted at St John's' under M'' Billers " vir clarissimus "
9 May 1681 : at Christ's .sizar under M'' Waterhouse 3 Nov. 1682. Age not
given.
B.A. 168|^. Admitted at St John's as born at Bradfield, but father not
given. Ordained deacon, York, 1685 Sept.; priest, 16|g^ March. Curate of
Bolsterstone, Yorks. 1685-1704 (Hunter, Hallamshire, 478).
Marshall, William : son of Thomas : born at Lynn. School : Lynn, under
M'' Home. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 23 Nov. 1682. Age 15.
B.A. 168f. One Will. Marshall, B.A., ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1687
May, and licensed to Stamford : he may be of St John's, B.A. 1683 : a second,
B.A., ordained 1688 Sept. — described as curate of Gt Harborough, dio.
Lichfield, licensed to Kirk by Mallory, Leics. : a third, ordained 1 Sept. 1689,
licensed to Roughton, Lines.; priest 1691 Sept.; licensed to Marston. One
of these may be of St Alban Hall, Oxford, B.A. 1686. But any one of the
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three might be our man : as to age, the last seems most natural. One had
license to serve the cure of Hougham with Marston, Lines. 14 June 1693.
Finally, one Will. Marshall was ordained priest, Norwich, 29 May 1697, and
described in the register as born at Lynn, and aged 24 : he was probably vicar
of East Reedham, Norfolk, 1697-170l (Blomefield, 3. 835) : but if the age be
right, he cannot be our man.
Ridley, — :
In Great St Andrew's register occurs " Ridley a scholar of Christe College,
buried July the 10th, 1682." He appears as a pupil of M'' Waterhouse in the
Study-rents for Lady Day and Mich. 1682 — in each case with no charge against
him.
Wells, William :
Matric"*. pensioner 1682 July: but never appears in Study-rents. Possibly
son of Will. Wells admitted 164§.
Hall, Henry :
Matric''. sizar 1682 Dec. It would seem likely tliat this was Hen. Hall
admitted 1679 and only now matriculated : but two men graduated as B.A. one
in 168| and one in 168|. Strangely, neither can be found in the Study-rents.
One Henry Hall, son of Henry of Poplar, Midds., gentleman, deceased, was
admitted at the Middle Temple, 19 Nov. 1680.
Littleford, Thomas :
M.A. 1688. Son of John of Baninghall [1], Salop: matric''. at Magdalen
Hall, Oxford, 16f§, aged 16 : B.A. 1673; M.A. (from Christ's) 1688. Appointed
Rhetorick Lecturer Oct. 1688, but he does not appear in the Study-rents, and
probably did not reside in College : so it is impossible to say how long he re-
mained. He signs, immediately after the Fellows in the first set of entries
in the " Scholars' Book "21 June 1689. According to Foster, Al. Ox. 918, he
was rector of Hughley, Salop, in 1686, i.e. before he came to Cambridge : and
of Quatt in 1695. Perhaps he was connected with the Wolrych family of
Dudmaston and Quatt.
From this point there is definite evidence who were scholars of the College,
supplied by the so-called "Scholars' Book": which contains the declaration
required from all beneficiaries of the College of assent to the Declaration
against Transubstantiation, drawn up by Act of Parliament Charles II, 30 :
beginning
I, A. B., do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God, profess, testifye,
and declare, that I doe believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper
there is not any Transubstantiation of Bread and Wine into the Body and
Bloud of Christ, at or after the Consecration thereof by any person whatsoever :
And that the Invocation or Adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other Saint,
and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome,
are Superstitious and Idolatrous
The book dates from Covel's time — the first signatures being aifixed on
21 June 1689 by nine existing Fellows, by Tho. Littleford (above) and by
29 scholars, and by the remaining Fellows and scholars, then existing, at
various dates down to November 1689. Each Fellow and scholar signed from
December 1689 on his admission. From this time therefore we have the names
of all scholars in their own handwriting. From 18 Nov. 1690 it is further
stated that the scholars " did take the Oathes [required from a scholar] and
subscribe the Declaration before written," and the book may properly be
called a " Scholars' Book."
The first undergraduate (according to admission at the College) who signed
is Thomas Oliver, below.
1682—1683 91
Oliver, Thomas : son of Thomas : born in London. School : Christ's Hospital
(" orphanotrophis Eccl. Xti "), under M'' Munford. Admitted sizar under
M'' Lovett 5 Jan. 1 68|. Age near 1 5.
B.A. 1685. Subscribed the Declaration against Transubstantiation in the
Scholars' Book 6 July 1689, and resided till Mich. 1689. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1689 Sept.; licensed to Gretford, Lines.: priest, London, 1691 Dec.
One Tho. Oliver, B.A., was vicar of Wolfhamcote, Warw. 23 May 1703: vicar
of Penn, Staff's. 1709 : and of Dudley, Worcs. 1721 : but he may bean Oxonian.
Brooksbank William : son of Abraham : born at Bradford. School : Reading,
under M"' Gostwick. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 9 Jan. 168|. Age 14.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1690. Appears in Scholars' Book 9 July 1689: resided
till Mich. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1689 Dec; licensed to Kegworth: priest,
London, 1691. Licensed 16 Nov. 1691 to teach in a grammar school at New
Brentford, Essex : another appointment made six month.s later. {Lond. Reg.)
Moore, Williamson : son of Thomas : bom at Shipton [?], Lines. School :
Newark, under M'' Twells (Twelves). Admitted sizar under M"" Holdsworth
8 March 168|. Age 17.
B.A. 168f Son of Thomas Moore of Stubton (S.E. of Newark) by his
wife Susanna, daughter of Tho. Williamson of Allington. Library keeper
30 Sept. 1684. He had a testimonial 13 Sept. 1688 from D'' Covel and
eight Fellows. Curate at Fulbeck, Lines, to Tho. Williamson, rector of the
same, who attested the fact 17 Sept. (Canon C. W. Foster.) Afterwards
rector of Carlton Scroop, but described as of Stubton in 1710. Married
Jane — of Grantham, and had two sons, Edward (of Sleaford) and Richard.
Died 1724. {Lines, pedigrees, 689.)
Lom.b[e], Thomas: son of Edward: born at Caston [Cawston], Norfolk. School:
Cawston, under M"' Tubing. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett April 1683.
Age 18.
B.A. 168f. Admitted at the Middle Temple 15 May 1683. Died 4 Oct.
1687, and buried at Cawston : the family was long settled in and about
Norwich. Sir Tho. Lombe the introducer of silk-throwing machinery into
England (see D.N.B.) was born at Norwich 1685.
Franklyn, William : son of William : born at Fring [near Docking, N. W.
Norfolk], Norfolk. School : Ca[w]ston, under M'' Tubing. Admitted sizar
under M-- Lovett 13 April 1683. Age 15.
B.A. (Francklin) 168f.
Slany, Griffith : son of Edward : born at Drayton, Salop. School : Drayton,
under M'' Ra. Saxon. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Waterhouse 5 May 1683.
Age 17.
Matric''. 1686 April: B.A. 168f. A pedigree of Slaneys of Hatton Grange,
Salop, in Burke, Hist. Commoners, 4. 503, contains neither of these.
Russell, — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar 8 May 1683.
No one of this name in Study-rents.
Pierrepont, Evelyn : admitted as Pierpoint : son of Robert : brother of William,
Earl of Kingston : born at Dean, Wilts. School : Winchester (Ventae Bel-
garum), under M'' Harris. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Cudworth
19 May 1683. Age not given.
Seems to have resided till Mich. 1684. Third son of Robert of Thoresby,
Notts., and of Eliz. Evelyn of West Dean, Wilts. M.P. for Retford (East)
1689 and again in 1690 : but succeeded in 1690 his brother William as fifth
Earl of Kingston-uponHull. One of the Commissioners for the union with
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Scotland 1706. Created Marquis of Dorchester, 23 Dec. 1706 : and Duke of
Kingston 1715. Keeper of the Privy Seal 1716-18. President of the Council
1719-20, when he became again Lord Keeper. Married (1) Lady Mary
Fielding by whom he was the father of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu :
(2) Lady Isabella Bentinck. Died at Arlington Street 5 March 1726 and
buried at Holme Pierrepont, Notts. A staunch Whig, and member of the
Kitcat Club. Thus described by Macky in 1705: "He hath a very good
estate, is a very fine gentleman, of good sense, well-bred and a lover of the
ladies ; intirely in the interest of his country [!] : makes a good figure, is of a
black complexion, well made, not forty years old." A catalogue of his library
published 1727. Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (D.N.B.). First cousin
(once removed) of Robert (admitted 1653). The pedigree is as follows :
Robert (1584-1643) = Gertrude Talbot
First Earl of Kingston (D.N.B.) I
Henry (1606-80) of Emmanuel William (1607-78) = Eliz. Harris Francis d. 1659
Second Earl, and Marquis of i 1 Colonel in Parliamentary army
Dorchester | |
Eobert (d. 1666)=Eliz. Evelyn Robert (mat. 1652)
I 1 ■ 1
Eobert William Evelyn (mat. 1683) = Mary Fielding
Third Earl in 1680 Fourth Earl Fifth Earl, first Duke
I
William (d. 1713)
Sixth Earl
Evelyn Mary = Edw. Wortley Montaga
Second (and last) Duke
*Duckfield, Daniel: son of John: born at Buntingford. School: Stortford,
under M"' Leigh p Thomas, adm*. 1650]. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett
22 May 1683. Age 16.
B.A. 168#; M.A. 1690. Son of John, rector of Aspeden, near Bunting-
ford (Ison of Daniel B.A. 1604, and vicar of Childerditch) by his wife Joyce,
daughter of D"^ John Lightfoot, of Christ's and Master of Cath. Hall. Elected
Fellow, in the place of D"' Widdrington, who died 10 June 1688, very speedily,
for he signs an order 23 June, three days before Cudworth's death. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1689 May. He began to take pupils in 1691 — and in 1694 he
had 69, while the other fellows had 22 among them. In 1701 (probably earlier)
he was vicar of Newton, Cambs. In his last year 1702 (when the whole number
of undergraduates had fallen considerably) he had nearly the whole College.
He died, it would seem suddenly, between 25 March and 1 May 1702, aged
only 35 — a heavy loss to the College. His dividend for Lady Day 1702 was
paid at Mich, to his administrator M'' John Baines, the College cook. His
pupils passed over chiefly to M'' Withers, but M"' Burton and M'' Sherwill also
profited.
There are six letters of Duckfield to J. Strype among the Baumgartner
Papers : see Catalogue of MSS., Univ. Lib., Cambridge, v. 147. John Lightfoot
left many of his papers, including a Concordance and sermons, also a journal
to his son-in-law John, Daniel's father : these papers John Duckfield passed
over to Strype before 1 Oct. 1679 {ib. 13). On 12 Oct. 1693 Daniel asks
Strype for a sight of some of these : — he refers also to a Targum on the
Chronicles, translated by M'' {] Sam) Clark, and asks whether it be recoverable
— or any letters between Lightfoot and Clark (ib. 47). On 10 Jan. 169f he
writes that everything but money is ready for the publication of the Targum
{ib. 17). In later letters he explains the cause of delay in returning the
journal to Strype — also certain papers which Strype desired, which on 12 June
1683 93
1697 he had just recovered and forwarded by carrier: he leaves the question
of recompense to Strype (ib. 20). Lastly on 4 Mar. 169| he thanks Strype
for the Latin edition (? that of Lensden, published at Utrecht) of his grand-
father's works (ib. 68).
Raper, Philip : son of Philip : born at Bedale, Yorks. School : Bedale, under
M"' Nicholson. Admitted sizar under M'^ Holdsworth 2 June 1683. Age 17.
B.A. (Rapier) 168|.
Ardeme, Ralph: [no facts given]. Admitted a pensioner [June 1683].
He resided as Arden till Mich. 1685 as a pupil of JM'' Lynford : then he
was transferred to M'' Holdsworth, on whose list his name appears for a year,
but without charge : probably he had gone out of residence. Perhaps son or
nephew of James Ardern (1653), D.D., and Dean of Chester, whose father
was a Ralph.
Trotter, Thomas : son of Gilbert : born at Helnieden [?], Durham. School :
Kirkby Ravensworth, under M"' Coates. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett
9 June 1683. Age 16.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1693. Ordained deacon, London, 1692 May.
Coker, Thomas : son of William : born at " Worth inter Durotriges " [probably
Worth-jMatravers, Dorset]. School : Frampton [Dorset], under M'' Slade.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 13 June 1683. Age not given.
Seems to have resided till Mich. 1687 : perhaps B.A. (St John's) 168|: he
does not appear in the Johnian admission-book. Two pedigrees of Cokers
in Hutchin's Dorset : but these two are not in either.
Dunning, John : son of John : born at Netherbury, Dorset. School : Frampton,
under M'' Slade. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse [probably 13 June]
1683. Age 17.
M.B. 1688.
Robinson, John : son of William : born at Winnington [Wymington], Beds.
School : Knotting, Beds., under M"' Scriven. Admitted sizar under M"' Water-
house [— ] 1683. Age 17.
B.A. 1684. One John Robinson, B.A., ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1687
May : licensed to Little Houghton, Hunts. : priest, Sept. : no other likely at
either University. One (B.A.) under-master at Appleby School, Leics. 1707-8.
Sober, Henry: son of Thomas : born at Richmond. School : Richmond, under
M'' Parvin[g]. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett [ — ] 1683. Age 22.
Resided till Mich. 1686.
Richardson, Adrian : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner [ — ] 1683.
Son of Richard, clerk : born at BrLxworth, Northants. Admitted at Trinity
College, Oxford 168f. Age 16 (Al. Ox. 1253). Not found at Christ's in the
Study-rents; but B.A. 168|; M.A. 1688. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1687
May: licensed to Lockington, Leics.: priest, London, 168^ Feb. Vicar of
Brixworth 4 Aug. 1700: buried there 12 Feb. 170| : M.l. written by his
father " lilio unico et dilectissimo " (Bridges, 2. 83). The father was of Em-
manuel and vicar of Brixworth 1663-99, when he removed to Lamport.
Brockden, James : son of Richard : born at Norwich. School : Norwich, under
M'' Burton. Admitted pensioner under M"" Lovett 14 Sept. 1683. Age not
given.
B.A. 1681.
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Markham, Robert : son of Robert, baronet : born at Sedgebrook, Lines.
School : Charterhouse, under M"^ Walker. Admitted pensioner under M''
Lynford 3 Oct. 1683. Age not given.
Resided till Mich. 1 684. Born 1 3 Feb. 1667, second son of Sir Rob. Markham
of Sedgebrook (whose father was created a baronet by Charles I in 1642) and
of Mary, daughter of Sir Tho. Widdrington (mat''. 1617). Admitted at the
Middle Temple 16 May 1685. Died on board the Kempthorne Indiaman in the
Bay of Bengal 25 Aug. 1690 {Genealogist, 4. 253).
Lister, Thomas : Son of John, armiger : born at Westby, near Gisborne, Yorks.
Educated, " non procul inde " by M'' Sagar p Joshua, B.A. 1681]. Admitted
fellow-commoner under M'' Waterhouse 3 Nov. 1683. Age 17.
Resided till Mich. 1685. Of Arnoldsbiggin in the parish of Gisborne.
Married Elizabeth, daughter of John Parker of Extwistle in the parish of
Whalley, Lanes. : had six sons and one daughter. Buried at Gisborne 1706,
age 40 (Morant-Whitaker, Craven, 54).
Shute, Samuel : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Water-
house, 12 Dec. 1683. Age not given.
Not found in Study-rents. Sou of Benjamin, of Cornhill, London. See
pedigree in vol. i. p. 32. Admitted at the Middle Temple 23 Nov. 1683. Joined
the army, and rose to the rank of Lieut. -Colonel : serving under Marlborough.
Governor of Massachusetts 1716-27, where he was involved in continuous
disputes with the assembly : these are fully discussed in the article in D.N.B.
Shute seems to have been generallj' in the right, but unable to carry out his
view. He returned to England in 1723 and on the death of George I he was
not reappointed. Lived quietly in England till his death in 1742.
Bateson, Peter : son of Peter : bom at Knaresborough. School : Knaresborough,
under M'' Blanchard. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 22 Jan. 168f. Age
not given.
B.A. 168|^. According to the Norwich Register he was born about 1668
at "Bunowbigg" [Boroughbridge], Yorks., WR. Had a testimonial from
D"' Cudworth and the Fellows 7 June 1688 (three weeks before the Master's
death). Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1688 June: licensed to Stroxton near
Grantham under Will. Parkins, rector : priest, Norwich, 1693 June. Vicar
of St Mary Magdalene, Wiggenhall, 1697 to 1720 (Blomefield, 4. 760) : rector
of North Lynn, later than 1711, perhaps 1720, till 1729 (ib. 624).
Ewens, Christopher : son of Christopher : born at Broadwindsor, Dorset. School :
Ilminster, under M'' Hunt. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 13 Feb.
168|. Age 18.
B.A. 168|^. Ordained deacon, Oxford, 16fJ} March.
Fountaine, Brigge : eldest son of James : born at Sail, Norfolk. School :
St Paul's, under D' Gale. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett 22 March
168|^. Age not given.
Perhaps resided till Mich. 1685. Son of James of the Inner Temple, and
admitted there 7 July 1685. The pedigrees of Fountaine and of Brigge
(Blomefield, 3. 522, and 4. 422) are not very clear or (perhaps) quite correct.
Apparentl}', a James Brigge {temp. Edw. VI) married a Mary Stuteville :
they had a daughter and heiress Mary Brigge of Sail who married John
Fountaine (1601—71) Serjeant-at-law : they had a son Brigge Fountaine who
married Joanna Henley and died 1661 leaving James and Andrew. James of
the Inner Temple, married Anne Slany of London (possibly akin to Griffith
Slany p. 91) and had Brigge, our man : Andrew served in three Parliaments of
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Charles II and had also a son Brigge, who died 1740 and was buried at Narford.
Brigge Fountains of Christ's seems to have lived at Sail : it does not appear
that he was married : according to Blomefield, he " died without issue at the
Poppinjay in Norwich in Apr. 1729, and left his estate to his sister Dorothy,
widow of John Repps, Esq., of Mateshall."
Powell, Richard : son of Richard : born at Bramham, Leeds. School : Leeds,
under M'' Gilbert. Admitted sizar under M' Waterhouse 12 April 1684.
Age not given.
B.A. 1G8|-. There was another Ri. Powell B.A. (Jesus) 1686: he must
be the Ri. Powell ordained at Lincoln May 1687 and afterwards rector of
Grainsby, Lines. Perhaps our man was vicar of Stillingfleet, Yorks. 12 June
1696, and died rector before June 1705.
Spencer, William: [father not given] : born in Virginia. School : Nor[t]hill, Beds.
Admitted pensioner under D'' Luke 16 April 1684. Age not given. Fellow-
commoner 23 July 1686.
He seems to have transferred himself, first to M' Lynford, then on M"' Lyn-
ford's departure, to M"' Holdsworth, under whom he resided till Mich. 1687.
The first of the trans-atlantic members of the College, of whom there were
several in the next century.
Carr, Thomas : son of William : born in Sussex. Admitted sizar under M'^ Lovett
22 April 1684.
B.A. 168f. Possibly the father was rector of Jevington, Sussex; who
may be the William Carr (born at Stackhouse, near Settle) admitted 16-57.
Hemingway, Joseph : [but probably Joshua] : son of Samuel : of Yorks. School :
Halifax, under M'' Doughty. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 23 April
1684. Age not given.
B.A. (Joshua) 168|^. Probably cousin of Joshua, son of Henry, born at
Halifax, and admitted 1671. Ordained priest, London, 168| Feb. Joshua
Hemingway, B.A. (the cousin was M.A. 1678) was vicar of Egmanton, Notts.
19 Feb. 169^-1706. Vicar of Orston, Notts, (presented by Dean and Chapter
of Lincoln) l5 March 170f. He was constantly at feud about money matters
with his brother Samuel, a solicitor, of Idle and Boldshay. Each took mort-
gages. (See letters in Bradford Antiquary, 1. 252.) Married Mary Maltby
of Orston 3 March 171f. Died before Nov. 1736 when Pra. Stevenson was
instituted.
Tatham, Thomas: son of Christopher: born at Ranthmell [Rathmell near
Settle], Yorks. School : Giggleswick, under M"' Briggs. Admitted sizar under
M'' Holdsworth 28 April 1684. Age not given.
Resided till Mich. 1685, perhaps a little longer. One Thomas Tatham,
born at Otterburn (some six miles east of Rathmell) was incumbent of Colne,
Lanes. 1694-170|: and vicar of Almondbury, near Hudderstield, 26 March
1706, where he died before June 1716 (see Whitaker, Whalley, 2. 248).
Carr, Richard : [father not given] : born at Stackhouse, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 2 May 1684. Age
not given.
Perhaps son of Thomas of Stackhouse near Settle by his first marriage
(1660) to Jane Taylor: and half-brother of John (1707) and James 171^.
He survived his admission only five months : his death is recorded in the
register of Great St Andrew's, but according to Ely Ep. Records, 263, he was
actually buried ("Carr a schollar of X'. Coll.") at St Benet, 30 Oct. 1684.
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Armitstead, Daniel : [father not given] : born at Stainfortli [near Settle], Yorks.
School : Giggleswick, under M'' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett
2 May 1684. Age not given.
B.A. 168f
Powell, John : son of James : bom at Llanvefe [1 Llanvapley], Monmouth.
School not given. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 4 May 1684. Age not
given.
B.A. 168|.
Turner, William : eldest son of Henry : born at Bury St Edmunds. School :
Bury. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lynford, 7 May 1684. Age not given.
There is no evidence that he resided. His father was alderman 1681.
Admitted at Gray's Inn 3 July 1684. Active in business at Bury, and
prospered. Bought Horsecroft of the Lucas family 1706. Alderman 1709,
1723. Died Nov. 1734 aged 67 : M.I. in St Mary's church. Succeeded at
Horsecroft by his son Henry (S.H.A.H.).
Dunn, Henry : admitted as Dun : [father not given] : born at Richmond. School :
[North] Allerton, under M"^ Smelt. Admitted sizar under M' Lynford 9 May
1684. Age 18.
B.A. (Dunn) 168|. Ordained priest, York, 169| March.
Highgate, Robert : son of Nicholas : born in London. School : Ware, under
M'^ Burgoine. Admitted pensioner under M' Lynford 14 May 1684. Age 17.
Transferred to M"' Holdsworth. Resided till Mich. 1687.
Smith, Laurence : eldest son of Kenelm [no more facts]. Admitted pensioner
under M^ Lynford 14 May 1684. Age 16.
Transferred to M"' Holdsworth: resided under him till Lady Day 1687.
Admitted at the Inner Temple 25 March 1686, as son of Kenelm Smith,
citizen and leatherseller. Perhaps one of the Smiths of Hatherton, Staffs.
(Burke, Ext. Bar. 492).
Stafford, Christopher : son of Robert : of Yorks. Educated by M'' Tomlinson.
Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 23 May 1684. Age 16.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1691. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689
and soon after went out of residence. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1691 Sept. :
licensed to Godmauchester. One Chris. Stafford was rector of Bothel, North-
umberland 1691-1736 : gave £10 to the poor and £80 to the school of Bothel.
(Hodgson, II. ii. 149.)
Newton, — : [no facts at all]. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 23 May 1684.
Age not given.
B.A. (Will. Newton) 168^. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1690 Dec. One
of these names was rector of Taxall, Cheshire, 8 June 1708-1726, when he
died (Ormerod-Helsby, 3. 783) : but this might be (as a matter of time)
Will. Newton M.A. (Magd.) 1677, or M.A. (Jesus) 1705.
Peartree, William : son of Edward : born at Hindergham [Hindringham, near
Walsingham], Norfolk. School not given. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett
24 May 1684. Age 17.
B.A. 168|. Son of Edward (admitted 1649) vicar of Hindringham.
Probably curate of Toftrees, Norfolk, 1706 (Blomefield, 3. 869): rector of
Wissingset (Whissonsett) in 1714 (ib. 5. 1090).
*Bevin, Robert: son of Robert : born at " Chefnin " [1 Chevening, near Sevenoaks],
Kent. School : [St Paul's], under D'' Gale. Admitted sizar under D"' Luke
3 June 1684. Age not given.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1691. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1688 Dec: priest.
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1689 May. Elected fellow 23 Oct. 1688, succeeding D"- Luke, his tutor. He
was Junior Dean and Catechist in 1691 : praelector in 1693, and kept the
Admission book carefully : Senior Dean in 1700. On 30 April 1701 he was
presented to Navenby (which Every and Duckfield seem to have declined)
and he was instituted on July 2 : but he was still in residence at Cambridge
in Feb. 1701, enjoying his year of grace. He had less than a year at Navenby:
he died before 16 Feb. 1703.
In 1695 he disputed a ruling of the Master that Sir Ward a northern
candidate was inadmissible for a Fellowship because the statutable number of
northern Fellows was complete and there could be no more tlian that number.
Covel asked him to make good his protest or to withdraw it. Bevin accord-
ingly appealed to Eachard, V.-C. There is a large bundle of papers thereon
in the " Visitors' Box."
Hodder, George : son of George : of Dorset. School : not given. Admitted sizar
under M"' Waterhouse 5 June 1684. Age not given.
B.A. 168|.
Cheek, Robert : [father not given] : of Dorset. Admitted sizar under M"' Water-
house 5 June 1684. Age not given.
He is charged for rooms till Lady Day 1688 : but took no degree at Christ's.
One Rob. Cheek was B.A. (St John's) 168|^: if the same, why was he still
resident here? The name is not found in the Johnian Admission-book.
Hull, Peter: [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse
27 June 1684.
He does not appear in the Study-rents.
Drake, Joshua : son of John : born at Pethworth [perhaps Pickworth, near
Folkingham], Lines. School : not given. Admitted sizar under M'' Water-
house 10 Sept. 1684. Age 18.
B.A. 168f. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 6 Jan. 169^: licensed to curacy of
Maiden, [f\ IBeds. : ordained priest at the same time ; with the comment
" necessitate exigente " — which admits of many explanations. He was in-
stituted to the vicarage of Swinderby on the presentation of Daniel Disney,
armiger, 30 Aug. 1692.
Hale, Charles : son of Thomas : born in London. School : St Albans, under
D"' James. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 16 Oct. 1684. Age 15.
Resided till Mich. 1685. Admitted at the Middle Temple 24 July 1680
as of St Martin's in the Fields. Gave £10 to the College 18 Feb. 171| : the
purpose is not clear.
Brasier, John : son of John : born at Colchester. School : Felstead, under
M"' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse 13 Jan. 168|. Age 17.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1692. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 6 July 1689 :
resided till Lady Day 1692. Ordained deacon, London, 1691 Dec. : priest,
1692 May. Rector of Great Holland, Essex (patron, Mary Thurston, widow),
25 May 1692-1726. Chaplain to the Duke of Schomberg and Leinster and
(as such) licensed to hold also the rectory of Easthorpe, Essex (patron, Ann
Green, widow) 25 June 1703. Died before Feb. 172| (Morant, 2. 181).
Mason, Elias : son of Richard : born at Newark, Notts. School : Newark, under
M"' Twelvs [T wells]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford — Feb. 168|.
Age 17.
Transferred to M'' Holdsworth ; and resided under him till Lady Day 1688 ;
but took no degree.
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Town(e), Williaan: son of John: born at Lincoln. School: Newark, under
M'' Twells. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lynford — Feb. 1684. Age 17.
Resided till Mich. 1685. Probably brother of John, admitted 168|.
Slade, Thomas : son of William : born at West ChinFnJock, Somerset. School :
Crewkan [Crewkerne], under M'' Leevs [Leaves]. Admitted sizar under
M'' Waterhouse 6 Feb. 168|^. Age not given. Afterwards a pensioner.
B.A. 16f«.
Welham, Isaac : son of Isaac : born at Thornton, Norfolk. School : (1) Thetford,
under M'' Kein [Keene] : (2) Russingall [perhaps miswriting tor Rippingale],
under M"' Bug[ge]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 10 Feb. 1684.
Age 18.
B.A. 168|. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1693 June: priest, 169-1: June:
said to have been born at Thornton, Suffolk (perhaps Thorington, near Hales-
worth) and aged 26 in 1693.
Isham, Henry : sixth son of Justinian, baronet : born at Lamport, Northants.
School : Grantham, under M"' Walker. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M-- Lynford 14 March 168|-. Age 16.
Transferred to M" Holdsworth 1685. M.A. 1689: resided till the end
of the year, as appears from Study-rents. Died and buried at Lamport
11 Jan. 16||^: the last of the Ishams who belonged to this College: Thomas
and Justinian his elder brothers, and the sons of Justinian, were members of
Clirist Church : but John (the third son) was here in 1675. The connexion
had been a long one and important to the College : other families connected
with the Ishams by marriage sent their sons here.
Bellis, Robert : son of John : born at Borrow [Barrow], Chesiiire. School :
Miccletrafford [Mickle Trafford], under M' Robinson. Admitted sizar under
M' Waterhouse 24 March 168|. Age 16.
B.A. 168| ; M.A. 1696. Vicar of Ince, Cheshire 1691-1724, when he died.
Had three sons here, Samuel (1712), John (1715) and Robert (1721): had
also tliree daughters — all by his first wife Sarah, grand-daughter of Peter Holt
of Bridge Hall, Bury, Lanes., whom he married at Ince 7 Jan. 169^ : she
died in child-bed June 1706. He married (2) on 30 July 1708, Dorothy
Allen of Redvales, Bury, who died in September: (3) in 1713 Margaret
Wilbram, of Chester, who was buried 20 May 1721. There are brasses in the
church to the first two wives with inscriptions by the husband, who wrote
Latin verse. He was buried himself 3 May 1724 : aged 55 : M.I. (Informa-
tion from Rev. F. G. Slater, vicar.)
Ttllly, William : son of Isaac : born at Dauby, Yorks. School : Blankney, Lines.,
under M'' Hutton. Admitted pensioner under M' Lynford 29 April 1685.
Age 18.
Transferred to M"' Holdsworth: resided under him till Lady Day 1687.
Admitted at the Inner Temple (as son of Isaac, of Lincoln, gent.) 22 May 1685.
Burnett, Edward : son of Samuel : born at Hert[ing]fordbury. School :
Grantham, under (1) M'' Walker: (2) his father who succeeded M'' Walker
there. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 1 May 1685. Age 16.
M.B. 1690, as pupil of M"- Holdsworth.
Raper, John : son of John : born at How[e], Yorks. School : Tanfield [Durham :
between Ripon and Bedale : or ? Yorks.], under M'' Hutchinson. Admitted
sizar under M'' Waterhouse 4 May 1 685. Age 1 6.
B.A. 168|. Perhaps brother of Philip (admitted 1683). Ordained deacon,
York, 1689 Sept.
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Lupton, Geoffrey [Galfridus] : no facts given. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett
8 May 1685.
B.A. lG8f. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1689 Sept. Licensed to Holme,
Hunts. : priest, 1690 Sept.
Lees, Samuel: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 19 May 1685.
B.A. 168| ; M. A. 1702. Perhaps eldest son of Sam. Lees of Conisbrough,
Yorks., admitted 1661 : whom see. Ordained priest, York, 1693 June. Curate
of Treeton, near Rotherham, 12 June. Probably rector of Heanor, Derbs.
16 Sept. 1698-1735, when he died. Another of these names was rector of
Southery, Norfolk, 1705 : buried there 24 Jan. 1737 : see Blomefield, 4. 166.
Had a son, Samuel, and daughters, Rebecca and Patience.
Long, Charles : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 23 May
1685.
B.A. (Longe) 168|; (perhaps) M.A. (Long) 1709. One Cha. Long, B.A.,
ordained priest, Salisbury, 7 June 1696 : licensed to Charminster with Stretton,
Dorset.
Mitford, George : son of Humphry : born at Mitford, Northumberland. School :
Durham, under M"' Battersby. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lynford 2 June
1685. Age 17.
B.A. 168| : second in the list of Bachelors. Transferred to M'' Holdsworth,
1685. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 9 July 1689 but not in Study-rents at
Mich. Probably nepliew of Will. Midford, also born at Midford or Mitford,
and admitted 1669, afterwards rector of Elsdon. His mother was Frances,
daughter of Sir George Vane of Long Newton, Durham. (Burke, Commoners,
2. 284.) Ordained deacon, York, 1692 May.
Brown, — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 8 June 1685.
B.A. (Thomas Browne) 168|.
More, James : admitted as Mooi' : [father not given] : born in London. School :
[Merchant Taylors'], under M'' Goad. Admitted pensioner under M'" Water-
house IS June 1685. Age not given.
B.A. (More) 168|. Probably James More, son of William, grocer, of
London, admitted at the Inner Temple 10 Feb. 168|^.
Errington, Thomas : son of Richard : born at Modbury, Devon. Educated by
his father. Admitted sizar under M"' Lynford 25 June 1685. Age not given.
Transferred to M'' Holdsworth: resided till Lady Day 1686.
Cuthbert, Thomas : son of Thomas : born in London. School : Burnet [? Barnet],
Herts., under M'' Lovell. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 1 July 1685.
Age 18. Afterwards fellow-commoner.
Admitted at the Inner Temple, son of Tho. Cuthbert of Hadley, Midds.
13 June 1685. He appears in Study-rents only for the half-year ending Mich.
1685 — and without charge. One "Tho. Cuthbert of All Hallows, Lombard
Street, aged '26, married in 1695 Judith Davis also of Lombard Street aged 25.
(Marriage licenses, 370.)
*Young, Alexander : son of James : born in Middlesex. School : Felstead [under
M'' Glascock]. Admitted pensioner under D'' Luke 2 July 1685. Age 16.
Transferred before Lady Day 1687 to M'' Waterhouse. His father lived in
St Laurence Jewry, and was a merchant and clothworker : he was the youngest
of four sons. B.A. (15th in list) 168f ; M.A. 1692; B.D. 1703. Elected
Fellow in the place of Beaupre Nowers 15 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon and
priest, Lincoln, 1691 Sept. Junior Dean 1692: Praelector 1694: Bunting
Preacher 1695; Senior Dean 1701. On 15 May 1705 he was presented to
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Caldecot, vacant by the death of MS Bunchley : perhaps he resided as he signs
the Order Book but rarely. On 26 July 1707 he was presented to Clipston,
where M'' Waterhouse had died : vacated his Fellowship 1708. On 22 April
1713 he was presented to the rectory of Wickharabreux, Kent. On 17 Feb.
172f he had a dispensation from Lambeth to hold also East Church, Kent,
distant 20 miles : and he was instituted thereto March 5. He died 2 1 March
1755, aged 86.
Richardson, Philip : [father not given] : of Suffolk. [School: not given.] Ad-
mitted sizar under M'' Lovett 4 July 1685. Age not given.
B.A. 168|; M.A. 1693. From the Norwich Register it appears that he
was born at North Cove near Beccles, about 1668. He was ordained deacon
at Lincoln (probably for Norwich) 1691 June: for he was licensed to North
Cove, perhaps as curate to his father : priest, Norwich, 1695 Sept. Rector of
Kirkley, near Lowestoft, 1697-1748 (Suckling, 1. 269) — when, I suppose, he
died.
Lardner, John : son of Thomas : born in London. Educated there. Admitted
sizar under M'' Lynford 9 July 1 685. Age not given.
M.B. {com. reg.) 1690. Resided as a pupil of M'' Holdsworth till Mich.
1688 : his name (with no charge against it) remains on the list till Mich. 1691.
Probably brother of James Iiardner admitted 1688 — if he be the "James
Lardner of St Bennet, Gracechurch, clerk " who " alleged the consent of the
mother (a widow) of ' Hannah Moore of the town of Leicester, spinstei', above
21 ' to her marriage with John Lardner of St Bennet Gracechurch, London,
bachelor, 25" on 9 Feb. 169| — and if so John was son of Thomas an apothecary.
Wilbore, Philip : son of Philip, armiger : born at Foxon [Foxton], Carabs. School :
Huntingdon, under M'' Matthews. Admitted sizar under M'' Lynford 9 July
1 685. Age not given.
Resided till Mich. 1688, as a pupil of M"' Holdsworth. Son of Philip and
Susan Wilbore : bap"*. 1 Sept. 1665 at Foxton, where the family was settled for
at least three generations : a " M' Phelippe Welbore, gent." was buried there
18 March 161|.
White, Thomas : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Lovett
14 July 1685.
Resided till Lady Day 1687. Possibly Thomas White, son of John of
Cotgrave, Notts., who was admitted at Gray's Inn 22 July 1685 : or another
of the same names, son of Thomas of Cheeseworth near Horsham, admitted
9 Nov. 1685.
Fish, Robert : son of Robert : born at Thindon, Northants. School : Kimbolton,
under M"' Trot. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse 14 July 1685.
Age 17.
B.A. 16f^. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 2 Nov. 1689. One Rob. Fish
was ordained deacon, Lincoln, 169| March by letters dimissory from London:
was appointed praelector at All Hallows, London : and also rector of Aunsby
(near Sleaford) 21 March 169§. There is extant a letter from Tho. Harper,
rector of St Katherine Coleman, London, undertaking to retain him as reader
in that parish, provided he were ordained deacon — dated 7 March 169| : this
is certainly the B.A. of Christ's. He resigned Aunsby 2 Oct. 1694. It is
not quite easy to identify this rector and reader with Rob. Fish, B.A. of
Christ's, ordained priest, Lincoln, 1698, June, and licensed to Mulsoe, Bucks.
There was yet another who was instituted on the presentation of Sir Thomas
Bamardiston to the rectory of Great Coates near Grimsby, 18 July 1696, on
the resignation of his father, also a Robert : he died there, as rector in 1706
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or 1707 (Rev. F. Quirk, rector): but this man was curate to his father in
1687 : so cannot be our man : possibly he was a Rob. Fish, B.A. (of Sidney)
inl68|.
Tiffin, Robert : son of John : born at Goldwyn, [1] Beds. School : Huntingdon,
under M'' Matthews. Admitted sizar under M' Waterhouse 14 July 1685.
Age not given.
Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689 : B.A. 16fi ; M.A. 1693.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 25 Sept. 1692 : licensed to Woodhill, Beds. Burrell
Lecturer on Rhetoric 1694-1700 : last stipend April 1701.
Wensley, — : [no fact given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett July, or
August, 1685.
Probably never resided.
Nevill(e), Robert : son of Robert : born at Anstey. School : not given. Admitted
pensioner under M"' Lynford 24 Aug. 1685. Age 14.
Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 2 Nov. 1689: B.A. 16f^; M.A. 1693.
Robert, tlie father, was vicar of Anstey 1671. The son was curate of Raven-
stone, Bucks, in 1693, and was ordained priest, Lincoln, 1693 Sept. He was
rector of Newton-Blossom ville, Bucks. 17 July 1694. Chaplain to Lord
Wharton : and (as such) licensed to hold also the vicarage of Astwood, distant
two miles, patron, the Crown, 23 Dec. 1706. Succeeded in 1728 (perhaps on
his death) by William Warburton.
Holland, John : son of Thomas, armiger : grandson of Sir John Holland, baronet :
born at Quidnam [Quiddenham], Norfolk. School : Bury, under M"' Leeds.
Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Lynford — Sept. 1685.
Transferred to M'' Holdsworth, and resided till Mich. 1687. Thomas
Holland, son of Sir John, the first Baronet, married Elizabeth, daughter of
Tho. Mead of Lofts, Essex, and died 1698 in the lifetime of his father. Sir John
Holland of Quiddenham : John succeeded his grandfather in 1700. Gave £20
in 1702 to the Chapel fund. He married Rebecca, youngest daughter of
Will. Paston of Oxnead, Earl of Yarmouth : by whom he had a son, after-
wards Sir William, who died without issue (Blomefield, 1. 232).
Cubitt, — : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 24 Oct. 1685.
Never resided.
Dusgate, John: son of Francis : born at Anmer, Norfolk. School : (1) Burnham
Thorpe, under M'' Tubing: (2) Norwich, under M"' Burton. Admitted pensioner
under M' Lynford 10 Dec. 1685. Age 16.
He was the last of the pupils entered under M'' Lynford, who went over
in a body to M' Holdsworth : under whom he resided till Lady Day 1690, but
took no degree. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 2 Nov. 1689. Admitted at
the Middle Temple 23 Nov. 1687. His father, Francis, was tenant of the
College at Barton Bendish, 1679.
Green, John : [father not given] : of Bucks. School : Westminster, under
D"" Busby. Admitted first at Trinity : then at Christ's, pensioner under
M"- Lovett 13 Feb. 168f. Age not given.
B.A. 168f.
Cowper, Spencer : son of William, eques auratus : [no further facts]. Admitted
pensioner under M'' Lovett [? 13] Feb. 168|. Age not given.
Resided till Mich. 1687. Son of Sir Will. Cowper (M.P. for Hertford,
died 1706) and of Sarah, daughter of Sir Sam. Holled of London. Brother of
William, first Earl Cowper, and Lord Chancellor : born [?] at Hertford,
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School : Westminster. Admitted at the Middle Temple 7 May 1687 : called
to the Bar and went on the home circuit : charged on little evidence with the
murder of Sarah Stout at Hertford at the spring assizes of 1699 : tried 16 July
and acquitted. Miss Stout who was a quaker, took her own life : the prosecu-
tion was said to be instituted, because the tories of Hertford wished to hang
an eminent whig, and the quakers wished to clear their body of the reproach
of suicide. M.P. for Beer Alston 1705 and 1708, for Truro 1711. Attorney
General of the Duchy of Lancaster. Judge of Common Pleas 1727. Died
10 Dec. 1727 : buried at Hertingfordbury. He married Pennington Goodere
by whom he had three sons : the second, John, admitted here 1711, was father
of William Cowper the poet.
Knighton, John : son of John : bom at Higham Ferrys [Ferrers], Northants.
School : (1) Felstead, under M"' Glascock : (2) Huntingdon, under M'' Matthews.
Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 8 April 1686. Age 16.
Kesided till Ladj' Day 1687. The father was vicar of Kirabolton which he
resigned before Feb. 167|-: also probably rector of Holywell, Hunts.
Topham, William: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M' Holdsworth
23 April 1686.
B.A. (Sidney) 16|» ; M.A. 1693. Perhaps son of William, admitted 1652,
rector of Ask ham Richard, Yorks.
Collier, Peter: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett, 10 May 1686.
Age not given.
B.A. 16|§. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689. Perhaps the
Peter Collier admitted at Richard Frankland's Academy — when at Calton —
on 6 Feb. 168|. Several of Frankland's scholars went on to Cambridge,
though the earlier ones had been at Cambridge first. Collier's name does not
occur in any of the usual nonconformist sources (E. Axon, Esq., of Manchestei).
Becket, Peter : son of George : born at Eastham, Cheshire. School : Crosby,
Lanes., under M'' Waring. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 14 June
1686. Age 16.
B.A. im. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 9 July 1689.
Palfreyman, Richard : son of Richard : bom at Boston, Lines. School : [Mer-
chant Taylors'], under M"' Goad. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett
17 June 1686. Age 16.
B.A. 16|^. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 6 July 1689. Resided till
Mich. 1691.' Admitted at Gray's Inn 10 Feb. 169f. Son of Ri. Palfreyman
(admitted 1649) who was master of Boston School.
Everard, Nicholas: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 18 June
1686.
B.A. 16|^ ; M.A. 1694. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1 690 Sept. : licensed to Northill, Beds. : priest,
1691 Sept. : licensed to Clifton, Beds. Perhaps elder brother of James, ad-
mitted 168|, son of James, probably the manciple.
Hudson, George : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse
22 June 1686. Perhaps never resided. One of these names (clerk in Holy
Orders) was emigrant minister to Virginia, receiving the £20 bounty, 25 July
1694 (Fothergill, p. 35).
Sewel[l], Richard : son of Richard : born at Buntingford. School : Buntingford,
under M'' England. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 1 July 1685. Age 16.
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B.A. 16|^. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 6 July 1689. Ordained
deacon, Norwich, 1692 May; licensed as "reader" to M'' Warren, minister of
Boxford : priest, London, 1693 June.
Randall, John : son of Francis : born at Eton. School : Eton. Admitted sizar
under D' Widdrington 27 Aug. 1686. Age 20.
B.A. 169ft; M.A. 1694. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 2 Nov. 1689.
One of the witnesses to D' Widdrington's will 20 March 168|- : the executors
(probably unjustly) charged him and John Baines the cook, with embezzling
D' Widdrington's effects after his death : hence a suit in Chancery 1689 : see
Oovel's MS. account of the proceedings on Widdrington's will. Ordained
deacon, London, 1708 May; priest, 1710 June. Assistant Master of Bury
School Nov. 1690 : and TIead-master, Dec. 1707-15 (Carlisle, 2. 516) : perhaps
Master of Guildford, 171-, to 172- ; {ib. 57-3) : but this may be his son. One
John Randall was rector of Thelveton [Thelton], Norfolk, and ceased to be such
in 1728, when he was succeeded by his son of the same name (Blomefield, 1. 101).
Ballydon, — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M' Holdsworth 1686.
Probably Paul, son of Paul Ballydon, of Derby, admitted at Lincoln's Inn
14 May 1684. I doubt whether he ever resided here.
*Withers, Williani: son of John : born at " Aram " [?], Lanes. School : Lancaster,
under M'' Lodge. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 8 Nov. 1686. Age 17.
B.A. 169? ; M.A. 1694. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689.
Ordained deacon, Ely, 1693 June : priest, Sept. Elected Fellow 10 Dec. 1692,
in place of Cuthbert Fenwick, a younger man, but elected earlier. Junior
Dean and catechist 1693 : Praelector (good) 1696, and Bunting preacher 1696 :
Steward 1699: Senior Dean 1702: Senior Proctor 1707. Presented to
Caldecot, vacated by Alex. Young 30 Sept. 1707: instituted 30 Nov. : resigned
before July 1716 : he had previously vacated his fellowship by marriage in
Nov. 1 709. I cannot trace him further with certainty : one of these names
was vicar of Tunstall All Saints, Yorks., N.R. 19 May 1718-Sept. 1719.
Machin, Edmund :
B.A. 168|. One Edward Machin, M.A. (probably error for B.A.) ordainea
deacon, Lincoln, 1689 May: licensed to Gunwardby [? Gunby], Lines. : priest
1689 Dec. No other of the name was at this time at Cambridge or Oxford.
Brown, Robert:
M.A. 1691. Admitted (as son of R. Browne of Audlem, Cheshire) at
Brasenose, Oxford, 28 March 168f, aged 20: B.A. 1685; M.A. (Christ's)
1691 {AL Ox. 196).
Shafto, Leonard : son of Leonard : born at Dedham, Essex. School : Durham,
under M"^ Battersby. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 14 Jan.
168|^. Age not given.
B.A. (first in the list) 169^ ; M.A. 1694. He resided in College till 1697,
at least, " in the Master's " when M"' Finch had vacated the chamber. Son of
Leonard Shafto of Exeter, Oxford (incorp'*. Cambridge 1668) and vicar of
Dedham 1665-71, when he became morning lecturer at All S'^, Newcastle
(Brand, 1. 338) : he was probably one of the Shaftos of Whitworth, Durham :
and in 1684 the Master and Fellows agreed that young Leonard, though born
in Essex, should have the benefit of the Durham Scholarship till the next
election. He was appointed (as his father had been) lecturer at All Saints,
14 July 1698. Rector of Gateshead on Tyne 1705 : died rector 27 Aug. 1731,
and buried in the chancel of St Mary's [ib. 504).
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*PinGh, Robert : seventh son of Heneage, Lord Nottingham, lately Lord Chan-
cellor: born at Kensington "in agro Middlesexiensi." School : Felstead, under
M"' Glascock. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Lovett 8 March 168f.
Age 16.
M.A. 1693. Nominated Finch and Baines Fellow 8 Dec. 1692 on the
resignation of his brother Henry, and on the same day he took the oaths and
subscribed the Declaration in the Scholars' Book. On 30 May 1694 he signed
the order for the presentation of M' Fairmedow to Anstey, though not (as Adam
Wall notes) on the number of the Foundation Fellows. He appears regularly
(together with Ambrose Launder) in the list of Lovett's pupils, neither being
charged : but the note in one place " M"' Finch and Launder to the Master,
£1. 15s. Od." shews that they had rooms in the Master's Lodge; Cudworth and
Covel during part at least of their tenure used to live in the " Little Lodge "
and let the rooms in the " Master's Lodging." A similar " to the Master,"
but without names, appears in earlier years. Robert Finch died in College
1696, and was buried at Great St Andrew's 16 July. He left to the College
the income of his rooms — not at the Lodge, where he had ceased to reside,
when he became a Fellow, and M"' Lovett (after some time) succeeded him.
The income was valued at £48. 10s. Od.
Launder, Ambrose : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 8 March
168f
B.A. 169^. See under Robert Finch above : it would seem that M'' Finch
brought Launder up with him as his personal servant, and both lived together
in the Lodge. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1691 Sept. : licensed to Ravenstone,
Bucks.
Sandford, John : son of Thomas : born at High Ongar, Essex. School : Stortford,
under M'' Cooper. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Lovett 8 April
1687. Age 16.
M.A. {com. reg.) 1690. There was a John Sandford, Esq., of Bishop
Stortford in 1720 when he sold the rectory of Tollesbury to Sam. Rush, Esq.
Dade, Thomas: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 31
March 1687.
B.A. 169^; M.A. 1694. Perhaps belonged to a Norfolk family, many
of whom were at Caius College. Ordained deacon, Ely, 169^ Feb. : priest,
York, 1698 June. Rector of Sneaton in Cleveland 1 June 1699-1701.
Vicar of Otley, near Leeds 3 Oct. 1701 : died before March 1709.
Atkinson, Robert: son of Robert : bom at Newark. School : Newark, under
M"' Twells. Admitted pensioner under M"' Holds worth, — ■ 1687. Age not
given.
Resided till Lady Day 1689. Probably son of Robert, of Newark, admitted
1652. The eldest daughter of Robert and Mary Atkinson of Newark died
1702 : I have not found the date of Robert's death, but his widow, Mary,
died 1723 (Shilton, Neivark, 227).
Clavering, Thomas : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M"' Holdsworth
14 April 1687.
Resided till Lady Day 1688. The name is found in co. Durham: but
no others were at Christ's. One Tho. Clavering, youngest son of Ralph
Clavering of Gateshead, was baptised 5 May 1668. (Surtees, 2. 228.)
*Fenwick, Cuthbert : son of Ralph : born at Stamfordham, Northumb'^. School :
Morpeth, under M"' Stephen Jackson. Admitted sizar under M"' Holdsworth
19 April 1687. Age not given.
1687 105
B.A. (11th on the list) 169f ; M.A. 1694. Subscribed in tlie Scholars'
Book 6 July 1689. Ordained deacon and priest, Lincoln, 1691 Sept. Elected
Fellow (in place of John Bolton) 18 April 1691 : had his last payment Mich.
1692. Rector of Morpeth 1691-1745, when he died 7ion compos sui, while
his living was under trustees. Claimed to be the chief of the Fenwick clan.
Sold his estate for an annuity, having ruined himself by being surety for a
sister's son, one Johnson of Woodhorn (Hodgson ii. ii. 393). Perhaps this
man gave a book to the library of Bury St Edmunds school (it does not appear
why) in 1694: but he is described as "rector ecclesiae Corstopitensis," i.e.
Corbridge (S. H. A. Hervey, Bury Grammar School, 132).
Ayde, Robert : son of Thomas : born at Kettington [Ketteringham], Norfolk.
School : Norwich, under M'' Burton. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 17 May
1687. Age 16.
B.A. 169^; M.A. 1694. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book, 21 June 1689.
Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1693 June; priest, Chester, 1695 May. Chaplain
to Heneage, Baron Finch of Guernsey. Vicar of Sturton, Notts. 1710.
Licensed to hold also the east niediety of Treswell, Notts., distant 3 miles,
22 June 1710. Later, when his patron had become Earl of Nottingham, he
was licensed to hold the rectory of Barnburgh, Yorks., as well as Treswell —
distant 20 miles— on 9 July 1733. Prebendary of Southwell 28 May 1719.
Died at Barnburgh 28 Nov. 1760, aged 90 (Hunter, South Yorks., 1. 379).
Wayte, William : admitted as Wait : [father not given] : born at Hampstead
[? Hampsthwaite, near Leeds], Yorks. School : Wakefield, under M' Armitage.
Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 20 May 1687. Age 15.
B.A. (Wayte) 169f. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 6 July 1689.
Ordained deacon, York, 1692 May.
Hazard, Michael : son of Michael : born at Burton-on-Trent. School: not given.
Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 28 May 1687. Age not given.
B.A. 169^. Michael, the father, was admitted 1662. Michael Hazard,
B.A. Christ's, ordained deacon and priest, Lichfield, 1692 Sept. [Another
Mich. Hazard, B.A., (no college) was ordained at Lincoln, 1689 May: licensed
to Osgathorpe, Lines. — not found either at Cambridge or Oxford]. Rector of
Thorpe Constantine, Staffs. 26 May 1708.
Clark — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M"' Holdsworth, — 1687.
B.A. (William Clark) 169a; M.A. 1699. Subscribed in the Scholars'
Book, 2 Nov. 1689. Ordained priest, York, 1693 Sept. : curate of Wigging-
ton, Yorks. 24 Sept. 1693.
Beetham, William : son of David : of Lines. School : Wainfleet, under M"'
Thompson. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 23 June 1687. Age 19.
B.A. 169^; M.A. 1695. One of these names was rector of East Keal "ex
parte Australis," Lines. 8 Dec. 1698 : his signature occurs for the last time in
1751 : and he was buried there 26 Dec. 1751 having held the rectory 53 years.
(Rev. R. H. Simpson, rector.)
Hayhurst — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 23 June 1687.
Probably never resided.
Stannard, Francis : son of John : born at Sympson, Bucks. School : Co[u]r-
te[e]nhall, under M'' Ashbridge. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 23 June
1687. Age 16.
B.A. 169^. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1691 Sept. : priest, London, 1694
June. One of these names rector of Stourmouth, Kent 10 March 171^,
106 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
patron, the Bishop of Rochester : he was there till 1726 : and is not stated,
like his three predecessors, to have resigned : but if he died he was not buried
there (D' N. G. Wilkins, rector).
Vicars, Charles : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 10 Aug.
1 687, having been previously admitted at Trinity Hall.
Resided till Mich. 1688.
Ritschell, John : of Oxford. Admitted " in ordinem ad Gradum Magistri in
artibus " under M'' Lovett, between 10 and 20 Aug. 1687.
M.A. 1687. John Ritschell was son of George Ritschell, who was born
in Bohemia, 1616, and educated at Strasburg and at Oxford; afterwards
master of the Grammar School, Newcastle 16-18-62, vicar of Hexham 1655-
1683, when he died, Dec. 28. John Ritschell, his younger son, was matricu-
lated at Trinity College, Oxford 26 March 1680, aged 18 : B. A. from St Alban
Hall 1683 ; incorporated at Cambridge and M.A. (Christ's) 1687. Succeeded
his father in 1683 as vicar of Hexham. Vicar of By well St Andrew,
Northumberland 1690-1705 {Al. Ox. 1260): died 1724 [?]. Author: Topo-
graphical Description of Hexham.
Gilbert, John : son of Henry, armiger : born at " Lockoo," Derbs. School :
Nottingham, under M'' Cudworth. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett
20 Aug. 1687. Age 15.
B.A. 169i; M.A. 1695. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 6 July 1689.
Continued to reside at Cambridge. Buried at Great St Andrew's 10 March
169|.
Clarke, Christopher : son of Richard : born at Norwich. School : Norwich,
under M'' Burton. Admitted pensioner under M"" Holdsworth [after Michael-
mas] 1687. Age 16.
B.A. 169i; M.A. 1695. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689.
Ordained deacon at Rochester : curate of Donne Chapel, Orpington, Kent,
169|-1714. Chaplain to the Earl of Derby. Rector of Keston, April 1704:
also by dispensation from Lambeth in 1714 licensed to hold the contiguous
rectories of Hayes and Heefe [sic], patron, D"^ Rob. Uvedale : instituted 8 June :
resigned Hayes 23 Oct. 1732. Prebendary of Ely, fifth stall, 14 March 173i.
Archdeacon of Norwich 22 Feb. 172|— 1742. In 1736 gave an estate at
Rydeu (Roydon) near Lynn for a scholarship with pi'eference to natives of
Norfolk. In 1738-40 he bore the cost of casing with freestone the front of
the College from the great gate southwards, thus completing the modernised
fa(j'ade begun by Archdeacon Lynford. There were " exceedings " charged
on the day, 5 May 1739, when M"' Archdeacon Clarke dined in Hall. He died
at Marlingford Hall 16 May 1742.
Tailour, Samuel : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse
1 Nov. 1687.
Probably never resided.
Ashhurst, Henry : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett
10 Dec. 1687.
There is no evidence that he resided. Perhaps a son of Henry Ashurst,
merchant of London (died 1680) "the most exemplary person for eminent
sobriety self-denial piety and charity that London could glory of " (Baxter).
Both he and his father Henry, a presbj'terian divine, appear often in Henry
Newcome's AxUobiography. The second Henry had a son Henry who became
a baronet and built Waterstock, Oxon. (D.N.B.) : possibly our man.
1687—1688 107
Walker, William : son of William : born at Burton-on-Trent. Scliool : Barton
[Sunder Needwood], Staffs. Admitted sizar under M'' Every 4 Jan. 168i.
Age 18.
B.A. 169i. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 6 July 1689. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1692 May ; licensed to Wymeswold, Leics. ; priest, Lichfield,
1692 Sept.
Everard, James : son of James : born in Cambridge. School : Ashwell, Cambs.,
under M'' Backler. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 3 Jan. 168|.
Age 15.
B.A. 169i ; M.A. 1695. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689.
James Everard the father, of Cambridge and of Knapwell, was probably the
manciple, who died 1691. James the younger, who was born in the parish of
Great St Andrew's, was ordained deacon, Norwich, 1693 June aged 20 [so in
the Norwich Register : and the dates agree] : priest, Lincoln, 1 700 Sept. He
was vicar of East Winch 1716-22 (Blometield, 4. 747) : also of Middleton,
which is "contiguous" (Rud's Diary 20 Jan. 172&). He married Rebecca,
daughter of Edw. Bodham of King's Lynn. Died 1722, aged 50.
Town(e), John : son of John : born at Sudbrooke, Lines. School : Newark,
under M'' Twells [given as Twelves]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Holds-
worth 18 Jan. 168^-. Age not given.
B.A. (Towne) 169|. John Towne of Sudbrooke in Ancaster, gentleman,
died 1709. His fourth son, John {^Lincs. pedigrees, 1310) subscribed in
the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1692 May, and
licensed to Grayingham ; priest, 1 694 June : and presented to the rectory of
Grayingham, 4 June, by John Thorold, armiger. One of these names (de-
scribed as M.A. — but not of either University of that date) was rector of
Shirland, Derbs. 19 March 172|.
Meredith, Arthur: [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M^ Lovett
25 Jan. 168|. Resided till Xmas 1688.
Wolrych, Thomas : son of John, armiger : born at Dudmaston, Salop. Educated
at home by M'' Littleford. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 2 March 168|.
Age 16.
Next year became fellow-commoner. Resided till Lady Day 1690. Eldest
son of John Wolrych (1653) son of Sir Thomas : nephew of Sir Francis
(second baronet) who died June 1688 without male issue, as did all the four
eldest sons : see under Will. (1647). Sir Thomas Wolrych of Dudmaston (third
baronet): baptised at Quatt 14 Apr. 1672. Admitted at the Inner Temple
13 May 1687. Married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Geo. Weld of Willey
Park, Salop (Lieutenant of the Tower). Died 3 May 1701 : buried at Quatt.
His widow died April 1765 (aged 93) having survived for 42 years her only
son Sir John, fourth baronet, slaerifF of Salop, accidentally drowned in the Severn
near his house, 25 June 1723 aged 32, unmarried. By his death the baronetcy
became extinct, and the estates passed to his mother and sisters.
Wolrych, John : son of John, armiger : born at Dudmaston, Salop. Educated
at home by M'' Littleford. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 2 March 168|.
Age 14.
Younger brother of Thomas, and last of the seven members of the famUy
educated here. Admitted at the Inner Temple 13 May 1687. Subscribed in
the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689. Died in College of smallpox aged 16, and
buried at Great St Andrew's 19 Dec. 1689 : M.I., erected by his only brother
Sir Thomas : the inscription ends with the lines :
108 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Flos luvenum cecidit : luvenes, in flebile bustum
Lilia purpureis spargite mista rosis :
Mista rosis lacrynias aspergite : noster Adonis
Talia iusta iubet : dulcis Adoni, vale.
Peachye, — : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M' Lovett 3 March
1681
Perhaps one of the sons of Will. Peachy of Petworth, Sussex who died
1685. But there is no sign of his residence here.
Brooke, Thomas : son of William : bom at Dodworth, Yorks. School : Wake-
field, under M'' Gierke. Kept eight terms at Univ. College, Oxford. Admitted
pensioner under M"' Waterhouse 15 March 168|. Aged 19.
B.A. 16f^; M.A. 1693. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689.
Born 3 June 1669 : his father William of Dodworth (who died 1680) married
Mary, daughter of William Gates of Denby. Nephew of John Brooke, rector
of High Hoyland, admitted here 1669. Ordained deacon, York, 1695 Sept.;
curate of Barwick-in-Elmet 28 Feb. 169f Rector of Richmond 1706, for
33 years : J. P. for Yorks. Married Mary, daughter of D"' Thomas Gomber,
Dean of Durham. Inherited Field Head from his uncle John Brooke in 1725.
Died at Richmond 28 April 1739 aged 70. M.I. (given by Whitaker, Rich-
mondshire, 1. 90). See Hunter, F.M.G. 766 : S. Yorks. 2. 262.
Dakin, Samuel: admitted as Dakins : son of Edward : born at Fairfield, Derbs.
School : Macclesfield, under M'' Ashworth. Admitted sizar under M'' Water-
house 6 April 1688. Age 16.
B.A. (Dakin) 169i. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book (Dakin) 21 June
1689. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 169| March; licensed to Matlock : priest,
1695 July: to be "praelector" at Ashbourne. Probably the Sam. Dakeyne,
vicar of Holme in Spalding Moor, who died before July 1703.
Reeve, James : son of James : born at Sible Heningham [Hedingham], Essex.
School : Earls Colne, under M'' Leadbeater. Admitted sizar under M' Water-
house 7 April 1688. Age 17.
B.A. 169i. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689. Ordained
deacon, London, 1692 Dec. : priest, Norwich, 1700 May : curate of St Peter's,
Ipswich.
Dalton, Darcy : son of William, eques auratus : born at Hauxwell [Haukswell],
Richmondshire. School : Bury St Edmunds, under M"' Leeds. Admitted
pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 20 April 1688. Age 17.
B.A. 169J ; M.A. 1695. Son of Sir William Dalton of Haukswell and of
Elizabeth Wyvill of Burton Gonstable ; grandson of Dorothy Darcy. Ordained
deacon, Ely, 1693 Sept. Rector of Lissington, Lines. 6 Feb. 169|. Rector
of Binbrooke St Mary, 12 Dec. 1699 : resigned before 1704. Prebendary of
Ripon 3 May 1705-1712. Rector of Aston 22 Aug. 1712-34. Prebendary
of York 28 Aug. 1713. Married Mary Harrison of Skellow, Doncaster
25 Sept. 1701 : she was buried at Ouston 6 Feb. 170f : he had a second wife,
Jane, who died 1719. Died 27 March 1734 aged 64 (Hunter, F.ALG. 914 :
Yorks. Arch. Journal, 2. 122). Had two sous, Darcy (admitted 1720) and
Charles (1730).
Arlush, Nathaniel : son of Stephen : born at Knedlington, [?] Yorks. School :
Laughton-[en-le-Morthen], Yorks., under M"' Broomhead. Admitted pensioner
under M"' Waterhouse 3 May 1688. Age 16.
Resided till Lady Day 1690. Stephen Arlush, M.A. (Pet.) was ejected
from Howden, Yorks. under the Act of Uniformity : he afterwards lived at
1688 109
York, died 15 Jan. 168", and was buried at Howden, aged 57. His son
Nathaniel died "a young man" 18 June 1697 and like his father was buried
at Howden (Hunter, F.M.G. 4. 1260).
Eachard, Laurence : son of Thomas : born at Barsham, Suffolk. Educated at
home. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 26 May 1688. Age 17.
B.A. 169i; M.A. (Echard) 1695. Eldest of three sons, admitted here, of
Thomas Echard, incumbent of one of the Barshanis. By his own statement
he was " nearly related " to D'' John Eachard, Master of St Catharine's 1675-
97. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689 ("Eachard," as the elder
members of the family spelt it ; Laurence and his brother Chris, wrote
"Echard" when taking the M.A. degree). He resided at Christ's till 1696
and doubtless compiled there the material for his future literary work. Ordained,
Norwich, probably before May 1692 (when a gap in the Norwich book ends).
Beneficed in Lincoln, at Welton, near Louth, and Elkington (5 Aug. 1696), he
obtained preferment early : he was prebendary of Lincoln (Louth) 24 Apr.
1697-1730 and Archdeacon of Stowe 1712-30. He lived at Louth, where he
wrote the first of a series of books, which had extraordinary vitality. His
circumstances were very bad, according to Archbishop Wake, who exerted
himself to obtain a grant for him from the King : and George I presented him
to Sudborne and Rendlesham in Suffolk — the last by dispensation 14 Sept.
1722. His health was bad but this did not affect his work. In 1730 he was
on his way to Scarborough, but got no furtlier than Lincoln, where he died
August 16, and was buried in the church of St Mary Magdalen on the 29th.
He married (1) Jane Potter, (2) Justin Wooley of Well, Lines, but had no
children. His portrait is in the College Library.
Author: Description of Ireland, 1691 : of Flanders, 1691 : Compendium
of Geography, 1691, which went into the eighth edition in 1713 : all these when
he was oidy 20. His History of England appeared in 1707, with its con-
tinuation in 1718, and appendix in 1720. His other best known books were
the Roman History, 1698, and Ecclesiastical History, 1702 : all these went
through numerous editions and were standard text-books. Less known, but
really good, is a translation of three plays of Plautus (Amphilryo, Epidicus,
and Pudens) published in 1694, while he was still at Cambridge.
A satirical contrast of the work of Gilbert Burnet and Ijaurence Eachard
(given in Kippis, Biog. Brit. 5. 534) is amusing :
Gil's history appears to me
Political anatomy,
A case of skeletons well done,
And malefactors everyone.
Laurence proceeds another way.
And well-dressed figures does display:
His characters are all in flesh :
He wax-work make to please the sons
Whose fathers were Gil's skeletons.
Nicholson, Thomas : son of Timothy : born at Bamingham, Richmondshire.
School : Bedale, under M'' Nicholson. Admitted pensioner under M'' Holds-
worth 3 June 1688. Age 16.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1696. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689.
Ordained deacon, Carlisle, 1697 May. Probably vicar of Grindon, Durham
1699-1706 : rector of Great Stainton, Durham, 1706-49, when he died.
(Surtees, 3. 64 and 76.)
110 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Gerard, Joshua : son of Joshua : born at Stockport, Cheshire. School : Tarvin,
under M'' Radley. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 9 June 1688.
Age 18.
M.B. 1693. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 2 Nov. 1689. Brother of
John and of Joseph who were admitted 1677.
Leeke, Gervase : son of Gervase : born at Horbury, Yorks. School : Wakefield,
under M'' Aruiitage. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 9 June 1688.
Age 17.
M.B. 1693. Subscribed the Declaration in the Scholars' Book 21 June
1689, and admitted scholar (on taking the oaths) 18 Nov. 1690.
Morgan, — : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse — June
1688.
M.B. 1690 (John Morgan). He must have kept sufficient terms elsewhere :
perhaps he was the John Morgan, son of Thomas, of Melbury Abbey, Dorset,
matriculated at St Mary Hall, Oxford 2 March 168|, aged 18 (Al. Ux. 1030).
He did not reside at Christ's after his admission, though he took the medical
degree, doubtless after the usual five years' study.
Littleford, Thomas: Oxoniensis. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 25 June
1688.
M.A. 1688. Was private tutor at Dudmaston to Thomas and John
Wolrych, admitted 2 March 1688; and he probably accompanied them to
Cambridge. According to Al. Ox. 918 he was son of John of Baninghall,
Salop; matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 18 March 16f§; B.A. (Oxon.)
1673: he was also rector of Hughley (near Much Wenlock) 1686. He was
appointed Burrell Lecturer 1688, and as a beneficiary he signs the Declaration
in the Scholars' Book, immediately after the first batch of Fellows, in 1689.
Rector of Quatt, near Bridgnorth 1695. Buried at Quatt 12 March 170|.
His name appears (I understand, as Littlefold) on one of the bells, which was
recast in 1700 (Rev. J. S. Roper, rector).
Colbatch, George : son of John : born at " Yondem " [?], Salop. School : Bridg-
north, under M"' Cornes. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 25 June 1688.
Age 18.
B.A. 1692 (Mids.) ; M.A. 1705. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June
1689. Brother of John Colbatch of Trinity, Professor of Casuistiy, Bentley's
unlucky opponent. Vicar of Wetwang, near York, 1699-1755 : of Driffield
1708-55. Curate of Sledmere 170-1-55. (.i'Mr^ees .S'oc^ 65. 465.) Bentley said
of him that " fi-om a vow or vision in the flower of his age he wore a beard to
his girdle sufficient for a Greek patriarch " : this eccentricity was noted as an
indication that John Colbatch's wits were not of the best : Bentley allows
that George was a "harmless quiet clergyman and much the better of the two."
According to Monk {Life of Bentley, 2. 136) he was vicar of Abington, Cambs.
Lardner, James : son of Thomas : born in London. School : Merchant Taylors',
under M"' Bonwick. Admitted sizar under M'' Holdsworth 27 June 1688.
Age 18.
B.A. 169| ; M.A. 1695. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689.
Probably brother of John, admitted 1685 ; baptised 18 Sept. 1670 at St Peter's,
Cornhill, son of Thomas, apothecary. Ordained deacon, London, 1692 Dec. :
priest, 169-1 Sept. Possibly curate of St Bennet, Gracechurch Street: see
under John Lardner.
Ives, William : son of Francis : born at Wellingborough, Northants. School :
Cottinhall [1 Cottingham], under M'' Ashbridge. Admitted pensioner under
M"^ Lovett 28 June 1688. Age 16.
168S— 1689 111
B.A. 169i. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689. Matricu-
lated Dec. 1691. Admitted at the Middle Temple 23 Dec. 1689.
Hutton, William : son of Thomas : born at St Kew, Cornwall. School : Oke-
hampton, under M' Hussey. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 29 June 1688.
Age 18.
B.A. 169i; M.A. 1705. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book 21 June 1689.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1692 Sept.; licensed to Wrestlingworth : priest,
Ely, 1694 June, and instituted to Pampisford 4 June : resigned 1697.
Cudworth, Benjamin: son of John : [no more facts]. Admitted fellow-commoner
under M"' Waterhouse 6 Oct. 1688. Age not given.
M.A. (com. rey.) 1690. Born 1670, youngest son of John, the wealthy
brother of Ralph the Master, who died shortly before his nephew's admission.
Brother of Thomas (adm''. 1676). He had verses in the University collection
on the accession of William and Mary : hence perhaps his M.A. degree. He
had 10s. Qd. left him for a mourning ring by M''^ Cudworth, Ralph's widow.
He acquired, perhaps by wedding settlement, West Burton Farm in Dorset,
a property of 110 acres : it was conveyed to him in 1698 by Mary and Thomas
Thornhurst. He made his will in 1700 and left his property to his cousin
John Cudworth (see page 46) including his " leasehold property lying at or on
or near new fish street hill in London." On 23 Dec. there is a codicil that he
gives to his brothers John and Samuel Cudworth " tenn shillings each not-
withstanding their great injustice to me." The will was proved by John
Cudworth 7 June 1726.
Perse, William : son of William : born at Faversham, Kent. School : Eton,
under M'' Roderick. Admitted sizar under M'' Holdsworth 6 Oct. 1688.
Age 15.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1707. Ordained deacon, York, 169| March; priest,
1694 Sept. Chaplain to the Earl of Berkshire. Vicar of Weaverthorpe,
Yorks. : licensed 19 July 1707 to hold also the rectory of West Heslerton,
distant three miles, vacant by the death of his father William. Died rector
before Dec. 1723.
Beachamp, Josias : admitted as Beacham : son of Josias : born at Branston
[Braunston], Ruts. School : " Oockham " [Oakham], under M'' Love. Ad-
mitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 3 Nov. 1688. Age 17.
B.A. (Beachamp) 169f. Subscribed in the Scholars' Book [Beachamp]
21 June 1689. Admitted scholar (Beacham) 8 Nov. 1690. Son of Josias
(curate of Braunston) by his wife Jane Munn ; grandson of Josias by his wife
Elizabeth, sister of D'' Ralph Cudworth. See Seaton registers in Genealogist,
5. 63, and 109. Josias, the younger, joined the College five months after the
death of his great uncle. Ordained deacon, London, 169§ Feb.
Bartow, John : son of Thomas : born at Crediton, Devon. School : Crediton,
under M"^ Gregory. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 31 Jan. 168|. Age 16.
B.A. 169 J. Subscribed to the Declaration 6 July 1689 : admitted scholar
18 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1694 June; licensed to Pampisford.
Vicar of Pampisford 28 May 1697-1706.
Hobart, Talbot : son of Thomas: born in London. School: not given. Admitted
pensioner under M"' Ellis 1 1 Feb. 1 68|. Age 1 6.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1696. Subscribed the Declaration 21 June 1689: ad-
mitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon, Ely, 169| March: priest,
1698 Sept. Rector of Upwell (patron, Beaupre Bell) 1698-1701, when he died
(Bloraefield, 4. 190).
112 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Fielding, John : son of John, " vir honorabilis " : born at Puddletown, Dorset.
School : Salisbury, under IW Hardwick. Admitted pensioner under M' Holds-
worth 21 Feb. 168f. Age 15.
B.A. 169|. Nominated and admitted as "Lord Nottingham's (i.e. Finch
and Baines) Scholar" 17 Dec. 1689. Son of the Hon. John Fielding, D.D.,
Canon of Salisbury by his wife Bridget Cokain. Secretary to Henry, first
Duke of Portland and Governor of Jamaica (Collins, 3. 276). Died in Jamaica
1725.
Middleditch, Jasper (adm. as Gaspar) : son of Jasper : born at Bury St Edmunds.
School : Bury, under M' Leeds. Admitted sizar under M'' Holdsworth 8 April
1689. Age 17.
B.A. (Jaspar) 169|. Subscribed the Declaration 9 July 1689: admitted
scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon (Jasper), Norwich, 1696 Sept. :
priest, 1701 Sept. Vicar of Digby, Lines, (patron. Lord John Hervey) 5 Nov.
1703 ; also of Metheringham, Lines., same patron and same day.
Midgley, Jonathan : son of John : born at Wilsden, Yorks. School : Bingley,
under M"' Jenkinson. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 24 Apr. 1689.
Age 16.
B.A. 169f. Subscribed the Declaration 21 June 1689 : admitted scholar
18 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon, York, 1694 Sept. : curate and schoolmaster
of Kirkheaton near Huddersfield : priest, 1697 Sept.
Probably cousin of Jos. Midgley (1670) — whom see: and of Rob. (1671).
Received, 29 June 1709, a grant of arms together with Robert Midgley of
Leeds and with Samuel (brother of Rob. adm. 1671 — not the Robert just
mentioned) "whose ancestors had long lived as gentlemen." (Genealogist,
N.S. 21. 271.) They were second cousins, but Jonathan belonged to the elder
branch, while Robert was probably the most prosperous.
Green, Thomas : son of Samuel : born at Skipton. School : Giggleswick, under
M"' Briggs. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 6 May 1689. Age 22.
B.A. (Greene) 1693. Subscribed (Green) the Declaration 6 July 1689:
admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Ordained priest, York, 1695 May. Will
dated 29 May 1703 : proved 1 Jan. 170|^ : wife Hannah sole executrix (Yorksh.
Arch. J. 2. 117).
Clapham, Thomas: son of Thomas : born at Winskill, Yorks. School: Giggleswick,
under M'' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 6 May 1689. Age 18.
B.A. 169f; M.A. 1696. Subscribed the Declaration 21 June 1689. Or-
dained deacon, York, 1694 June : curate of Bramley chapel : priest, 1704 June.
Probably head-master of the Grammar School, Bradford, 1699: preacher at
Bradford 1703, vicar of Bradford 25 July 1710. Married Anne, daughter of
David Parkiuson and left two children. Died 1718, aged 49 : M.I. in Bradford
church. James, History of Bradford (continuation) 170 : Bradford Antiquary,
2. 28 and 285 : the accounts dilfer somewhat.
Milner, Harold (signed Harrold) : son of John : born at Wakefield. School :
Wakefield, under M"' Armitage. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 9 May
1689. Age 16.
B.A. 169| (Harrold) ; M.A. 1699. Subscribed the Declaration 21 June
1689 : admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1701
Sept.
Milner, John : son of John : born at Wakefield. School : Wakefield, under M''
Armitage. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 9 May 1689. Age 14.
1689 113
B.A. 169f; M.A. 1699. Brother of Harrold. Subscribed the Declaration
21 June 1689 : admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. John Milner B.A. was ordained
deacon, London, 1693 Dec. (when only 18, if our man). Probably the John
Milner (of Christ's) rector of Thakeham, Sussex, who died rector 27 Sept. 1741.
Eachard, Christopher : son of Thomas : born at Barsham, Suffolk. Educated
at home. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 9 May 1689. Age 16.
Brother of Laurence: whom see. Subscribed the Declaration 21 June 1689 :
but migrated to Catli. Hall (where all his forbears were) probably at Mich.
B.A. (Echard) at Cath. Hall 169f ; M.A. 1696. Ordained deacon, Norwich,
1696 June. One Chris. Eachard was rector of Blundeston, Suff. 1692-1706 :
probably an uncle, and B.A. (Cath.) 1671.
Walles — : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'^ Waterhouse 10 May 1689.
Probably never resided.
*Burton, George : son of George : born at Pistry [Pettistree], Suffolk. School :
Charterhouse (schola Suttoniana), under M'' Walker. Admitted sizar under
M'- Holdsworth 10 May 1689. Age 27 [sic] 1 17.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1696. Subscribed the Declaration 2 Nov. 1689: ad-
mitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Elected King Edward's Fellow, succeeding
Ra. Heathcote 4 June 169-5. Ordained priest, Ely, 1696 June. Junior Dean
and Catechist 1696. Praelector and Bunting Preacher 1698. Steward 1701.
Senior Dean 1703. Took a few pupils from 1702 when Duckfield's death
opened the door for other Fellows. Presented to Radwinter, Essex by Will.
Maynard, Esq., 19 May 1704 : the successor to his Fellowship was elected
9 Oct. 1705. Died rector of Radwinter 1724 (Morant, 2. 538).
Thurston, Joseph: son of Joseph: born at Colchester. School: Burntwood
[Brentwood], under M'' Barnard. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse
20 May 1689. Age 16.
B.A. 1691. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 4 Feb. 1681.
Barney, Joseph : son of William : born at Barnley [1], Salop. Educated by
M-- Guest. Admitted sizar under M"- Lovett 20 May 1689. Age 17.
Resided till Lady Day 1692. Subscribed the Declaration 21 June 1689.
Ordained (as a student of Christ's) deacon, Lichfield, 1693 Dec. : licensed to
Quatford, Salop the same day. Licensed to Kynnardley [1 Kynnersley], Salop
18 Aug. 1697.
Hallywell, Charles : son of Henry, clerk : born at Ifield, Sussex. Educated at home
by his father. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 23 May 1689. Age 17.
B.A. 169i5. Subscribed the Declaration 9 July 1689: admitted scholar
18 Nov. 1690. Son of Henry Hallywell, admitted 1657, and Fellow. Ordained
deacon, Chichester, 1694 Sept. Vicar of Seaford, with Sutton, Sussex 11 Oct.
1697. Buried at Seaford 1707. Author of a Philosophic Discourse of Earth-
quakes 1693. (J.E.B.M.)
Morland, John : of Durham. Admitted pensioner under W Ellis 29 May 1689.
Resided till Lady Day 1690. Subscribed the Declaration 9 July 1689.
Perhaps admitted at Gray's Inn 29 Apr. 1691 as son of George of Windleston,
Durham.
Cherry, Henry : son of Edward : born at Macclesfield. School : Macclesfield,
under M'' Ashworth. Admitted sizar under M' Waterhouse 12 June 1689.
Age 17.
Subscribed the Declaration 6 July 1689 ; admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690.
Not found as B.A. in the University records : but described as such in the list
for Lady Day 1693, and also in the register of Great St Andrew's, where he was
buried 25 Jan. 169| — just the time when he would naturally be admitted as B.A.
C. C. R II. 8
114 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Dacie, John: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 23 June 1689.
Resided till Mich. 1692. Subscribed the Declaration 31 July 1689 : ad-
mitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690.
Mott, Mark : eldest son of Mark : born at Wethersfield, Essex. School : Bury
St Edmunds, under M'' Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse
25 June 1689. Age not given.
Resided till Mich. 1691. Buried at Wethersfield 21 Jan. 169.1. Mark
Mott his grandfather was intruded minister of Cheliiisford, ejected 1662, died
1667. He had two sons Mark and Nathaniel: Mark, father of our Mark,
married Barbara, daughter of Tho. Ady, M. D., of Wethersfield, and died there
1694 : he was perhaps rector of Great Wratton, Suffolk 1661.
Calvert, John : son of George : born at Colebrook, Midds. School : Charterhouse
(" schola Suttoniana "), under M'' Walker. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett
2 July 1689. Age 16.
Resided till Mich. 1690 : then, perhaps, migrated to Trinity : B.A. (Trin.)
169|; M.A. 1702, incorporated Oxford, 1703. Rector of Gissing, Norfolk
1694. Vicar of Stanwell, Midds., 1697. Vicar of Salehurst, Sussex 1728.
(Al. Ox.)
Hart, Edward : son of Edward : born at Massinghara, Norfolk. School : Lynn,
under M'' Horn. Admitted sizar under M' Waterhouse, 8 Aug. 1689. Age 17.
B.A. 1693. Subscribed the Declaration 2 Nov. 1689 : admitted scholar
18 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1694 Dec. : priest, Norwich, 1696 June.
Was he the rector of South Wootton, Norfolk to which the College on 5 Oct.
1697 leased Runcton-Holme for 13s. id. a year together with half a quarter of
wheat, and one quarter six pecks of malt?
Bright, alias Lydall, John: [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M"' Holdsworth 1689 [no further date].
" M'' Bright" appears in the list of M' Holdsworth's pupils for a year, but
without charge. Was he the John Bright M.A. {com. reg.) 1690? He was
.second son of Sir Henry Liddell (or Lydall) of Ravensworth Castle by his wife
Catharine Bright, daughter of Sir John (the Parliamentarian) of Carbrook
and Badsworth : he inherited his grandfather's estate at Badsworth near Ponte-
fract and took the name and arms of Bright. Admitted at the Middle Temple
29 June 1689. He married Cornelia Clutterbuck of the Hydes, Ingatestone.
Died 6 Oct. 1737 leaving a son. He and his brother Henry Lydall (see below)
gave £15 to the Library for books in 1699 and 1701. See Hunter, Hallam-
shire, 418.
Lyddall, Henry : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Holds-
worth, 1689 [no further date].
Brother of John ; see above ; third son of Sir Hen. Liddell. Resided till
Mich^ 1690. Inherited, through his mother, Carbrook which belonged to the
Brights, her brother John having died in his father's lifetime. Married Anne,
daughter of John Clavering of Chopwell, Durham : died without issue. (Hunter,
as. above.)
Miln(e) : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Holdsworth, 1689
[no date].
Probably did not reside. Was he the James Milne, M.D. (com. reg.) 1690 ;
Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 9 Feb. 169|? (Munk, 1. 485.)
1689—1690 115
Towse, Stephen: sou of Stephen. Admitted as B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.
[Neither date nor tutor.]
M.A. 1691. Subscribed the Declaration 31 July 1689. Probably did not
reside.
Downing, Richard : son of Richard. Admitted from Trinity College, Dublin,
according to his standing there. [No date or tutor.]
B.A. 16f§^. Subscribed the Declaration 31 July 1689. Probably did not
reside.
Lovell, George : son of George. Admitted from Trinity College, Dublin, ac-
cording to his standing there. [No date or tutor.]
B.A. 16||. Subscribed the Declaration 31 July 1689. Probably did not
reside. The names of these three Dublin men are on the list of Holdsworth's
pupils, Michaelmas 1689 and Lady Day 1690 — but in each case without charge.
Raymond, Robert : son and heir of Thomas, eques auratus : born in London.
School: Eton, under D'' Roderick. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Lovett 14
Nov. 1689. Age 15. Afterwards fellow-commoner.
Eldest son of Sir Tho. Raymond of the King's Bench (admitted 1643).
Resided from Mich. 1690 to Lady Day 1692. Admitted at Gray's Inn 1 Nov.
1682: called to the Bar 12 Nov. 1697. Solicitor General 13 May 1710: a
letter of congratulation from the Master and Fellows (Univ. Lib. Mm vi. 50,
f. 278). M.P. for Bishop's Castle Oct. 1710 and knighted Oct. 24. Lost his
office 1714. M.P. for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 171| — but unseated on peti-
tion, 1717, after having spoken against the Septennial Bill. M.P. for Ludlow
1719. Attorney General 20 May 1720. Sergeant-at-law, and Judge of the
King's Bench 172 J. Lord Chief Justice 172i. Created Baron Raymond of
Abbots Langley 15 Jan. 173^. Married Anne, daughter of Sir Edw. Northey,
and had a son, Robert, second and last Baron. Died of stone at his house
Red Lion Square 18 March 173| : M.I. at Abbots Langley. " A man of great
learning " distinguished by his " strict impartial and painstaking administra-
tion of justice." (D.N.B.) Engraving of portrait in Combination Room.
Pell, Henry: .son of Richard: born at Dembleby, Lines. School: Newark, under
M"' Twelves (Twells). Admitted pensioner under M'' Holdsworth 4 Dec. 1689.
Age not given.
Eldest son of Richard Pell of Dembleby, admitted 1663, and of Jane Hudson.
Resided till Lady Day 1691. Married Anne Thorold 27 Dec. 1693 : who died
17 Sept. 1733. Hen. Pell, Esq., of Dembleby. Died 27 Sept. 1730, aged 60 :
buried at Dembleby (Maddison, Lines, peds. 771).
Pell, Richard : son of Richard : born at Dembleby, Lines. School : Newark, under
M'' Twells, Admitted pensioner under M"' Holdsworth 4 Dec. 1689. Age
not given.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1697. Brother of Henry; see above. Admitted scholar
13 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1696 Sept. : priest, Lincoln,
169|- June: at same time vicar of Pinchbeck, Lines. Died 3 Dec. 1698.
(Maddison, ut supra.)
Marshall, Gell : eldest son of Christopher : born in London. School : Felstead,
under M'' Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse 16 Jan. 1 6f ^.
Age 17.
Son of Christopher Marshall, merchant, of Southwark. Resided till Mich'.
1691. Admitted at the Inner Temple 25 June 1692.
White, Thomas : son of Robert: born in London. School : Simpson, Bucks., under
M' Stannard. Admitted pensioner under M"' Ellis 20 Feb. 16^. Age 18.
116 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1713. Chaplain to Earl Rivers. Rector of Oakley,
Essex 21 Nov. 1706. Licensed 11 Feb. 171| to hold also the vicarage of
Thorpe-le-Soken, distant four miles.
Dorson [?], Josias: admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 12 March 16§§: but
died before he could come into residence.
Shortland, Thomas : son of Richard : born at Coggeshall, Essex. School :
Felstead, under M' Glascock. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 22 March
16|°. Age 15.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690.
Braham, Anthony : son of John : born at Wickhamskyth [Wickhara Skeith],
Suii'olk. School : not given. Admitted pensioner under M"' Holdsworth
7 April 1690. Age 16.
B.A. 169f. Admitted scholar (Braham) 18 Nov. 1690.
Green, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Colchester. School : Felstead, under M''
Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse 8 April 1690. Age 17.
B.A. 1693. Possibly the Tho. Green, son and heir of Thomas of Easthorpe
(between Kelvedon and Colchester) admitted at Lincoln's Inn 6 June 1689.
*Sherwill, Thomas : son of John : born at Hollingberry [Hallingbury], Essex.
School : Felstead, under M"^ Glascock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett
8 April 1690. Age not given.
B.A. 169f ; M.A. 1697; D.D. 1717. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690.
Ordained deacon, Ely, 1696 June: priest 1698 June. Admitted Fellow
31 Oct. 1695, succeeding Tho. Fairmedow (whom he also succeeded in his
living). Junior Dean and Catechist 1697 : Bunting Preacher and Praelector
1699 : Steward 1702 : Senior Dean 1704 and 1709. Vicar of Madingley 1710.
Took a few pupils between 1702 and 1712. Presented to Anstye on the death
of Tho. Fairmedow 2 July 1711 : vacated his fellowship 1712. Died at Anstye
before Nov. 1740, aged 66. Author: Church Conformity asserted and
vindicated, 1704. Dei/eneracy of the present age as to Principles, 1740. Other
sermons, one on the anniversary of Queen Anne's accession, preached before
the University, 1709, Monarchy, attended with high birth the best establishment:
one a sermon preached at Felstead school 18 July 1710.
Topping, Thomas : son of Henry : born at Clitheroe, Lanes. School : Clitheroe,
under M'' Cockroft. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 19 April 1690.
Age 20.
I think he did not reside here : probably B.A. (Magd.) 169f ; M.A. 1704.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 169| March; licensed to Bolnhurst, Beds. One of
these names vicar of Whittlesea St Mary, and of St Andrew 1703-42, when
he died. (Sweeting, Peterborough Churches, 102.)
Spring, Thomas : baronet : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner "pro
ordinis dignitate " under M'' Holdsworth 24 April 1690. Age not given.
Resided till Lady Day 1691. Son of Sir Will. Spring of Pakenham near
Bury (admitted 165|) who died April 1684. Sir Thomas Spring of Pakenham :
married 28 May 1691, Merelina, daughter of Tho., Lord Jeimyn by whom he
had three sons and six daughters. Died 2 April 1704, aged 32 : buried in
Pakenham Church. M.I. (Howard Tm". o/^w./Zbtt- 1561, 1. 196.) His widow
married Sir Will. Gage of Henham, and died 1727 aged 52.
*Broughton, John : son of Thomas : born at Wyermouth (? Wearmouth), Durham.
Educated at home. Admitted sizar under M'' Holdsworth 28 April 1690.
Age 16. Pensioner 11 July 1691.
1690 117
B.A. 169f ; M.A. 1697; D.D. 1716. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690.
Perhaps son of Tho. Broughton (admitted 1652), clerk. Elected Fellow 10 July
1694, in place of Jude Holdsworth. Junior Dean and Catechist 1695. Prae-
lector and Bunting Preacher 1697. University Taxor 1700. Married in 1701
and vacated his fellowship. Lecturer at St Andrew's, Holborn. Chaplain to
John, Duke of Marlborough (Cole). Vicar of Kingston on Thames 1712.
Had an estate called Duddo in Northumberland : also property in Sutiblk.
In 1702 gave £10 to the restoration of the Chapel. Died 1720. Author:
(perhaps) Psyclioloyia, or an account of the nature of the human, soul 1703.
Letter to a Roman Catholic 1703, published by his son 1735 (Cole): The great
Apostasy from Christianity tvith its evil influence on the Civil State.
Pattison, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at " Newston " [Euston], Suffolk.
School : Thetford, under M"' Burrell. Admitted sizar under M' Holdsworth
15 May 1690. Age 16.
B.A. (Patteson) 169f; M.A. 1697. Admitted scholar 13 Jan. 169|.
Ordained priest, Norwich, 1696 Sept. Rector of Welborne, Norfolk 1697-
1700. Rector of Marlingford 17U0-1723, when he resigned. Rector of
Easton 1700-24. The three places are distant not more than four miles
from each other, lying between East Dereham and Norwich.
*Paliner, Richard : son of Isaac : born at Whittlesey Mere, Hunts. School : St
Paul's, under D'' Goad. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 7 June 1690. Age 17.
B.A. 169| ; M.A. 1697. Nominated as "Lord Nottingham's scholar,"
and admitted 5 July 1690. Nominated Finch and Baines Fellow on the
death of Rob. Finch, and was admitted 20 July 1696. Junior Dean and
Catechist 1698. Praelector 1700. Senior Dean 1705, 1710. He signed all
presentations to livings, and apparently resided regularly. Died in College
and was buried in the ante-chapel 18 July 1713.
Jackson, Thomas: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett 10 July
1690.
B.A. 169|. One of these names was vicar of Little Marlow, Bucks. 6 April
1709 : patron, Borlase Warren, arm"".
Burm.an, Richard : son of William : [no more facts]. Admitted sizar under
M'- Lovett 20 June 1690.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Ordained deacon, Worcester,
1695: priest, 1699.
Littleton, Edward : Oxoniensis, admitted " in ordine ad gradum M.A." as
pensioner under M' Lovett 27 June 1690.
Matric"* at All Souls, Oxford (as son of Edward, pleb. of Salop) 10 July
1681, aged 17. B.A. 1685 ; M.A. (Christ's) 1690. Rector of Merston 24 Dec.
1689-1701. Vicar of Amberley 28 Mar. 1701, and rector of Bignor 1 May 1701
(patron, the Crown). Canon of Chichester 1706. Fellow of Eton College
2 July 1726. Vicar of Maple Durham, Oxford 1726-33, when he died on
Nov. 16. (See Foster, AL Ox. 919.)
Ward, Charles : son of William : born at Morpeth. School : Morpeth. Admitted
sizar under M"' Holdsworth 28 June 1690. Age 17.
B.A. 169f ; M.A. 1700. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. One of these
names (M.A.) was vicar of Chatton, near Wooler, Northumberland 1711 :
vicar of Long Horsley 1714 (patron, the Crown). Possibly vicar of Tynemouth
in 1740 (Brand, 2. 123); but this may be Charles Ward, M.A. of St John's
1736, son of Will. Ward, merchant, and born at Newcastle, who was afterwards
vicar of Whittingliame 1763-73 (Scott, 423). See Hodgson, ii. ii. 92.
Stoddart, Charles: son of Charles: born at Morpeth. School: Morpeth.
Admitted sizar under M"' Holdsworth 28 June 1690. Age 16.
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B.A. 169f ; M.A. 1700. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Curate of
St Andrew, Newcastle 30 July 1696-1702. P.O. of Bamburgh 1702-12.
Vicar of Chillinghani 1704 : there in 1720. Vicar of Eglingham 1712. Vicar
of Whaltoii (not far from Morpeth) 1748 (unless this be his son). Died
29 Aug. 1758. There was a unique succession of Charles Stoddaits here,
through four generations : this one the first in 1690 : son in 1726 : grandson
in 1758 : great grandson in 1790.
Ford, Thomas : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 30 .June 1690.
B.A. I(i9| ; M.A. 1697: incorporated Oxford 1703. Admitted scholar
18 Nov. 1690. Probably the Tho. Ford B.A., Master of the Grammar School,
Buckingham 1696-1709 (Lipscombe, 2. 584). Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1698
June and licensed to Buckingham: priest, 170|^, licensed to Radclive, near
Buckingham. Foster (At. Ox. 515) who thinks he might be son of Thomas
Ford, born at Exeter and admitted at the Inner Temple, says he was vicar of
Banwell, Somerset, 3 Feb. 171|: and Canon of Wells 18 Apr. 1721-1745.
(Le Neve, 2. 185, 197.)
Keynton, Thomas : son of Israel : born at Hertford. School : Hertford, under
M"' Battel! Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 7 July 1690. Age 16.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1697. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Ordained
deacon, London, 1697 Dec. : priest, 1698 Dec. One of these names was rector
of Bugbrooke, Northants. 1720 (Bridges, 1. 487).
Robinson, Edmund: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse
16 Sept. 1690.
Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Buried at Great St Andrew's 12 Dec. 1692.
Hussey, Williara: son of Thomas, bart. : born at Doddington, Lines. Educated
at home, imder M'' Carleton. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Holdsworth
10 Oct. 1690. Age 16.
Second son of Sir Thomas Hussey of Doddington (admitted 1654). Resided
till Lady Day 1692. Buried at Doddington 29 July 1698. (Lines, pedigrees,
530.)
Watkinson, John : son of Henry : born at Beeston, Notts. School : Nottingham,
under M'' Knight. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 23 Oct. 1690. Age 17.
B.A. 169f ; M.A. 1698. Ordained deacon, York, 1696 June.
Withers, Robert: son of John: born at Arham [? Arkholm], Lanes. School:
Lancaster, under M"' Lodge. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 23 Oct.
1690. Age 17.
B.A. 1694 ; M.A. 1698. Admitted scholar 8 Aug. 1691. Ordained deacon,
London, 1695 Dec. Rector of Gately, on the presentation of the College.
Died rector 1718 ; at Lady Day 1718 there is a charge for a copy of his will.
Adam Wall records (ms. Univ. Lib., Mm v. 48) that he left, under certain
conditions, a house called Harts and 2^ acres at Gately for the vicars suc-
cessively, and their widows, for ever.
Castell, Philip : son of Philip : born at Huntingdon. School : Huntingdon, under
M"' Mathews. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 8 Nov. 1690. Age 15.
B.A. 169 j; M.A. 1698; incorporated Oxford, 1704. Vicar of St Bar-
tholomew the Less 5 Feb. 170|-1715. Vicar of Christ Church, Newgate Street,
with the rectory of St Leonard, Foster Lane attached to it, 28 Sept. 1715-1718,
when he died.
Major, John: son of Robert: born at Holme, Derbs. School: Worksop, under
M'' Calton. Kept five terms at St John's. Admitted sizar under M"' Water-
house 11 Nov. 1690. Age 19.
1690 119
B.A. 169f ; M.A. 1729. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. His father
was a husbandman (agricola) : so in entry at St John's 14 Feb. 168|. Ordained
deacon, York, 1091 Sept. : priest, 1696 June. Curate of Sokehol me Chapel in
the parish of Warsop, Notts. 21 Sept. 1691. Vicar of Croxton Kerrial, Leics.
18 Feb. 1703, patron Jolin, Earl of Rutland, whose chaplain he was. Also
rector of Harby, Leics. 6 July 1703, same patron. Had dispensation 7 May
1729 to hold together with Harby the rectory of Tollerton, Notts, (patron,
John Neale), distant 7 miles: this last he resigned before Nov. 1738. Died
4 June 1739.
Bordley, Stephen : son of Stephen : born at South Sheeres [Shields], North-
umberland [sit-]. School: Sedbergh, under M"' Wharton. Admitted sizar under
M'- Lovett 12 Nov. 1690. Age 17.
B.A. 169i. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690. Son of Stephen Bordley,
vicar of South Shields, admitted 1654. Ordained deacon, London, 1695 Sept. :
priest, 1696 Sept. Was he the M'' Bordley who was head-master of Lancaster
school before 1701 and in 1709? or was this Will. Bordley, M.A. (St John's)
1692?
Casborn, John: son of William: born at Fordham, Cambs. School: Fordham,
under M' Taylor. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 15 Nov. 1690.
Age 15.
M.B. 1697. Admitted scholar 18 Nov. 1690.
Twells, John : sou of John : born at Pitesly [Fytchley], Northants. School :
Newark, under his father. Admitted sizar under M'' Holds worth 16 Nov.
1690. Age 18.
B.A. 1694. Not the John Twells, rector of Broughton Astley, who was
M.A. and probably of Clare. John Twells, the father, who sent many pupils
to the College, was master of Newark School 39 years and died there 29 Dec.
1712 (or 1713) aged 61.
*Boldero, John : son of Simon : born at Ixworth, Suffolk. School : Bury, under
M' Leeds. Admitted sizar under M'' Holdsworth 24 Aug. 1691. Age 17.
B.A. 169f ; M.A. 1699. Seems to have deferred residence for a year : he
first appears in the list of Holdsworth's pupils, Mich. 1692, without any
charge ; not again : perhaps he kept in the Master's lodging. Admitted
scholar 6 Apr. 1693. Simon Boldero of Ixworth, gent. 1636-1704, married
Frances Godbold : he had two sons — the elder son Simon of Jesus College (of
which his kinsman D'' Edm. Boldero was Master 1663-79), afterwards
rector of Woolpit, and father of John, admitted here 1715: and John, who
was born 1674. Elected Fellow 27 Jan. 169S in the place of John Cudworth.
The election caused some dissatisfaction, as appears from a us. book of Simon
Every : his note for the day is " then the Hon. Ma[ster] of Xst's Coll.
chooses Bold. Fellow against both the Coll. St. and y" Law of y'' realm " : the
names of five Fellows, and Matt. Baines (the cook's son, subsequently Fellow),
follow this note. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1697 May: priest, 1698 June.
Junior Dean and Catechist 1699. Bunting Preacher 1700. Praelector 1701.
Steward 1704. Senior Dean 1706, 1711. At the election of College Officers
30 Sept. 1713 Covel makes the note: "The M"' nominated M' Boldero
president at the same time." Began to take pupils about 1702 and from 1709
to 1713 he was the most important tutor liaving between i and ^ of the whole
number. Presented to Fen Drayton 26 July 1707 : this did not interfere
with his residence in College. Senior Proctor 1713. On 22 April 1713 he
was presented to Cli(iston, vacant by the death of Alex. Young : which
should have vacated his Fellowship April 1714 in the middle of his Proctor-
ship. He availed himself of his nomination to be "president "—though the
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Statutes recognised no such office — to retain his Fellowship for three years.
The Master supported him on the strength of the Elizabethan Statute about
" praesides " ; every College must have a " praeses " : who shall be " vicarius "
in the Master's absence. In Oct. 1714 three of the Fellows (Moor, Husband
and Cockshutt) appealed to the V.C. who gave notice that he would hear the
appeal on Oct. 29. Perhaps it was withdrawn : in any ease, there is no decision
on the point in the " Visitor's Box," and Boldero retained his fellowship till
15 Oct. 1716, when he wrote in the Order Book his formal resignation, and
Covel wrote his acceptance of it. In 1721 Aug. 26 he had a dispensation to
hold with Clipston the rectory of Dingley, distant five miles. He married
Abigail Dickens, of Bosworth, widow, by whom he had no children. Died
22 May 1751, aged 77: M.I. in Ix worth church. His nephew, John, was
admitted 1715 and his grand-nephew, also John, 1748. Author: a sermon
on Deut. xxxiii. 29, published 1716. Probably his qualifying sermon under
the Elizabethan Statute ! However he cared for some books, for on leaving
Cambridge he purchased from the Library, under College order of 7 Dec.
1717, "M"' Medes Works, Fuller's Church History, Plutarch's Works,
Epictetus' Enchiridion, Plautus (var.), Vergil, Catullus, Horace, Terence
(Cambr. Edit. 4'°) "—all for £5.
Yarborough, John : son of John : born at Newark. School : Newark, under
M"^ Twells. Admitted pensioner under M'' Holdsworth 29 Jan. 169S.
Age 16.
M.B. 1696. Admitted scholar 6 April 1693.
Dubordieu, Armand : " natione Gallus " [no more facts]. Admitted sizar under
M'Lovett 31 Jan. 1692.
B.A. 1694; M.A. 1716. Transferred to M-- Holdsworth in 1693. Came
from Montpellier, a Protestant exile. Ordained deacon, London, 1694 Feb. :
priest, Peterborough, 1696 June. Vicar of North Weald, Essex 8 Oct. 1715—
33, patron the Bishop of London. Had license 11 April 1716 to hold also the
rectory of Sawbridgeworth, Herts., distant five miles. Died 25 Aug. 1733 aged
61, leaving six sons and two daughters. (See Yates, French Exiles, 2. 224.)
Brother of John Armand Dubordieu, matric''. at Gloucester Hall, Oxfoi'd
169|, minister of the Episcopal French Church in the Savoy, died 1727,
"known for his services against popery and the Pretender" (Foster, Al. Ox.
427).
Broughton, Amcotts : son of Thomas, armiger : grandson of Sir Brian, baronet,
born at Broughton, Staffs. Educated in London by M'' Meure. Admitted
fellow-commoner under M"' Holdsworth 2 Feb. 169|. Age 16.
Resided till Mich^ 1692. Eldest son of Thomas Broughton by his wife
Rhoda, daughter of John Amcotts of Aisthorpe, Lines. (The grandfather,
Brian, was created in 1660 a Baronet by Charles II in reward for his father's
loyalty.) Died without issue during his father's lifetime 14 Sept. 1700.
A brother, Brian (afterwards Sir Brian) admitted 1695.
Richardson, John : son of John : born at Bradford. School : Bradford, under
M"' Wood. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 6 Feb. 1699. Age 15.
B.A. 1694 ; M.A. 1698. Born 1675: son of John Richardson of Birks in
the parish of Bradford (which was left to him, the third son, by his father,
Ri. Richardson of Bilsley — see Yorks. Wills, ix. 89) by his wife Hannah,
sister of John, Archbishop Sharp. Ordained deacon, York, 169* March :
priest, 1699 Sept, Vicar of Burton Agnes 16 Aug. 1702-3. Rector of
Beeford 19 April 1704-35: Precentor and Canon of York (Bilton 1701,
1691 121
Wistow 1703). Archdeacon of Cleveland 3 Aug. 1711. Married Alethea
Wardraan of Catfoss in Holderness : Ijut had no children. Died at York
28 Oct. 1735, aged 60: buried in the Cathedral.
Smith, Charles : son of Thomas, eques auratus : born at Stretton [1 Stutton],
Suffolk. School : Felstead, under M' Glascock. Kept four terms at Queens'
College. Admitted pensioner under M' Waterhouse 11 Feb. 169^. Age 18.
B.A. (Smyth) 169|. Ordained deacon, London, 169.5 May: priest, 1696
Dec. One of these names rector of Great Bromlej', Essex 19 Ajir. 1700:
Foster makes him an Oxonian incorporated at King's 1699, but rector in
1695.
Lawson, William : son of Thomas: born at Stainforth, York s. School: Giggles-
wick, under M'' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 28 Feb. 169f.
Age 17.
B.A. 1694. Ordained deacon, York, 1700 May. Curate of Halton Gill,
Arncliffe, 27° May 1700.
Lupton, Charles : son of Thomas : born at Bentham, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M'' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 28 Feb. 169^.
Age 19.
Resided till Mich^ 1693.
Tatham, Richard: son of Edmund : born at Tonstall, Lanes. School : Bingley,
Yorks., under M'' Marshall. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 27 April
1691. Age 19.
B.A. 1694. Admitted scholar 6 April, 1693. Son of Edmund, admitted
1654, and perhaps vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale. A brother, John, admitted 1692.
Withers, Edmund : son of Thomas : born at Halton, Lanes. School : Bingley,
Yorks., under M' Marshall. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett 27 Apr.
1691. Age 16.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 6 Apr. 1693. Ordained deacon, York, 1695
May: priest, 1699 June. Curate and school-master of Topcliffe, near Thirsk,
20 May 1695. Curate of Ravenfield 6 May 1697. Rector of Rossington
170f : resigned before June 1710. Master of Doncaster School 1707-37.
(Hunter, S. Yoi-ks., 1. 30 and 44.) Also vicar of Owston in 1719 (ib. 2. 479).
Original member of the Doncaster Society in 1714 {ib. 1. xxv). Died 1744,
aged 70. A brother. Will., admitted 1692.
Benson, Robert : son of Robert : born at Wakefield. Educated in London by
M'' Meure. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Lovett 6 May 1691.
Age 15.
Resided till Lady Day 1692. Doubtles.s, the M"- Rob. Benson who in 1702
gave £10 to the restoration of the Chapel.
Carre, Andrew : Scotus [no more facts]. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M"- Lovett 6 May 1691.
Probably he never resided. Perhaps third son of Rob. Carre of Middlemass
Wells (fined £600 after the Restoration) and of Isabel, daughter of Andrew
Riddell : died s.p. before 1738 {Genealogist, 3. 111).
Thompson, John : son of Thomas : born at Wainfleet, Lines. Educated at home
by his fatlier. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 21 May 1691. Age 17.
B.A. 1694 ; M.A. 1698. Admitted scholar 8 Aug. 1691. Ordained deacon,
Lincohi, 169f Feb. ; licensed to St Paul's, Skegness : priest, 1698 June. One
of these names was rector of Boothby Graflbe, Lines. 14 Sept. 1702, presented
by Job. Towne : gone before 1709. One was rector of Pick worth, Lines.
11 Nov. 1703, presented by M"^ Faith Heneage.
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Nelson, George : son of Thomas : born at Unthank, Cumberland. School : Blink-
holm [? Blencowe], under M'' Ogle. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 27 May
16'J1. Age 18.
B.A. 1691; M.A. 1709. Admitted scholar 1 April 1693. Ordained
deacon, London, 169.5 Dec. : priest, 1697 Dec.
Overend, Christopher: son of William: born at Bentham, Yorks. School :
Sedbergh, under M'" Wharton. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 8 June 1691.
Age 19.
Resided one term and migrated to Trinity Hall : B.A. (Trin. H.) 1694;
M.A. 1701. Perhaps tutor to Will. Ward at Slingsby, Yorks. up to 169°4.
Probably rector of East Bridgford, Notts. 2 Jan. 170|^ on the presentation of
Pat. Chaworth, Esq., of Annesley. Buried there 21 Dec. 1741.
Bebington, Thomas : son of Michael: born at Westminster. Educated "apud
Belgas." Admitted pensioner under M'' Holdsworth 22 June 1691. Age 17.
Resided till Mich\ 1692. Probably the Tho. Babington, son of Michael (of
St Margaret's, Westminster), admitted at Gray's Inn 1 Dec. 1691. There was
a farail}' with the name spelt this way at Bebington near Birkenhead : see
Ormerod-Helsby, 2. 451 : but the pedigree given there ends too soon.
Wildman, Geoffrey : son of Thomas : born at Tiiornton, Yorks. School : Sedbergh,
under M' Wharton. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 23 June 1691. Age 18.
Resided one term.
Mason, George : son of Paul : born in London. School : Newark, under M'' Twells.
Admitted sizar under M'' Holdsworth 25 June 1691. Age 17. Pensioner,
Oct. 7.
B.A. 1694; M.A. 1698. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 169| March. Probably
rector of Binbrooke St Mary 13 Mar. 170^.
Askew, Antony : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett, 26 June
1691.
Did not reside. W^as lie the Antony Askew, physician of Kendal^ who
married Anne Storrs of Storrs Hall, and had a son Antony admitted at
St John's 1716 ? A third Antony was M.D. of Emmanuel 1750. (See D.N.B. :
also Hodgson, ii. ii. 199.)
Forster, Thomas : son of John : born at Crooklech [?], Northumberland. School:
Morpeth, under M'' Jackson. Admitted pensioner under M'' Holdsworth
2 July 1691. Age 18.
B A. 1694; M.A. 1698. Admitted scholar 6 April 1693. Born 1672,
son of John Forster, by his wife Mary, daughter of Ri. Forster of Newham :
and grandson of Tho. Forster of Adderstone. (Batesou, 1. 229.) Ordained
deacon, London, 1701 June. Vicar of Leake, near Thirsk (Dec. 1704), on the
presentation of Bishop Crewe of Durham. Died 1726.
Trigg, Thomas : son of John : born at Stevenage. School : Buntingford, under
M'' England. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 8 July 1691. Age 17.
B.A. 1694; M.A. 1698, incorporated Oxford, 1700. Admitted scholar
8 Aug. 1691. Ordained deacon, London, 1694 March : priest, Lincoln,
1701 June. Probably tutor to the Hon. Ri. Bulkeley at Baron Hill, up to
Aug. 1698. Rector of Letchworth, Herts. 30 June 1701-48, patron. Will.
Lytton, miles. Also curate of W^ymondley, Herts. Sept. 1709.
Jennison, Ralph : son of Henry : born at Newcastle. Educated in London by
M' Meure. Admitted fellow-commoner under M' Holdsworth 26 Sept. 1691.
Age 17.
Resided till Lady Day 1693, perhaps later. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn
19 Dec. 1693. Eldest son of Henry Jennison and Mary Watson, who
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owned lands at Ryton near Newcastle. Nephew of Will. (1668). Alive in
170-1: when he was executor of his father's will (Suitees, 3. 322). Perhaps the
Ra. Jenison of Wolsington Hall, not far from Newcastle, who was Sheriff in
1717 (Brand, 2. 512).
Thurston, Thomas : son of Josepii : born at Colchester. School : Burntwood
[Brentwood], under M'' Bernard. Adoiitted pensioner under M' Waterhouse
8 Oct. 1691. Age 16.
M.B. 1697; M.D. 1701. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 21 May 1691 and pro-
bably studied law for a time, then medicine : came into residence at Cambridge
Lady Day 1691, and paid Study-rent at Christ's up to Lady Day 1702; was
admitted fellow-commoner at Caius 2 Feb. 170f and resided there some time
(Venn, 1. .510). He gave £50 and a number of medical books to the library
of Caius College. But he left Christ's on good terms with the Society, for he
gave £30 in 1 702 to the restoration of the Chapel.
Marks, Daniel : son of William : born at Gayton, Northants. School : Cour-
teenhall, Northants., under M'' Ashbridge. Admitted sizar under M' Lovett
10 Nov. 1691. Age 21.
B.A. 1695 Mids. Ordained priest, Peterborough, 1700 May. Vicar of
Weldon, Northants. 1721 (Bridges, 1. 595).
Mason, Edward : son of T. Mason of Monmouth, pleb. Matric''. at Balliol,
Oxford, 15 Dec. 1690. Age 17.
B.A. 1694. Removed to Cambridge and M.A. (Christ's) 1698. Rector
of Hampton Bishop, Hereford 1698 : and of Bromyard (third portion) 1700.
{Al. Ox.. 982.)
Dawson, William : son of Christopher : born at Langcliff, Yorks. School :
Giggles wick, under M"' Armitstead. Admitted pensioner under M'' Lovett
28 Jan. 169^. Age 15.
B.A. 169|. Admitted at Gray's Inn 25 Oct. 1G93. Will. Daw.son of
Langcliff Hall, Settle. J. P., and major in the Yorks. Militia. Married Jane,
daughter and heiress of Ambrose Pudsey of Bolton Hall : father of Ambrose
Dawson, M.D. Friend of Sir Isaac Newton who visited him at Langcliff.
Perhaps he is the autiior (Will. Dawson 1690) of some very good hexameters
(printed in Morant-Whitaker, Craven, 17G) describing the older village of
Langcliff which was destroyed in a Scottish raid, temp. Edw. II.
Clement, Francis: son of James: born in London. School: Durham, under
M'' Battersby. Admitted sizar under M^ Holdsworth 5 Feb. 169J. Age 19.
B.A. 1691. Subscribed the Declaration 20 June 1692, presumably as
scholar-elect : but not so stated. Rector of St Mary le Bow, Durham 1700-5.
Married Anne Hunter 9 July 1700. Vicar of By well, Northumberland, 1703.
(Surtees, 4 ["City of Durham"] 41. 45.)
Waterhouse, Benjamin: son of John : born at Wakefield. School : Wakefield,
under M"' Armitage. Admitted sizar under M"" Waterhouse 13 Feb. 169|.
Age 16.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1699. Admitted scholar 6 April 1693. Perhaps the
vicar of Hollingbourne, Kent who resigned it 1770 : but in that case he lived
to a very great age : the vicar of that place edited in 1663 a work by the Rev.
David Waterhouse (admitted here 1698 as son of John Waterhouse of Wake-
field)— apparently his brother.
Tailor, William : son of William : born at " Barrel-Sikes," Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M"' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 15 Feb. 169i.
Age 17.
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The matriculation which seems to correspond is of Ri. (not Will.) Tailor:
Richard is also B.A. 169| : there may have been two men, Will, and Richard :
but this is not supported by the Study-rents.
Proctor, John: [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 15 Feb. 169i.
No residence of any Proctor at this time. May be the same as Joh. Proctor
admitted 29 Nov. 1G94: whom see.
Brittain, John : son of John : born at Sleyford [Sleaford], Lines. School : Okeham
[Oakham], under Mr Love. Admitted sizar under M"' Holdsworth 16 March
169-1-. Age not given.
Matric'^. December 1G95. B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 17 Jan. 169|.
Transferred to M'' Duckfield in 1694. Resided only till Lady Day 1696 in spite
of his new scholarship. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 169| March; licensed to
Billingborough : priest, 1700 May.
Moore, Stephen : son of Thomas : of Yorkshire. School : Giggleswick, under
M"' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M"' Lovett 28 March 1692. Age 21.
B.A. (More) 169|. Admitted scholar (More) 17 Jan. 169 = . Resided till
Mich». 1696. Rector of Clitheroe 1696, not later than 1701 (Whitaker,
Whalley, 2. 92).
Sanford, Martin : son of Thomas : born at Thorverton, Devon. School : Tiverton,
under M' Sanders. Admitted sizar under M"' Ducktield 15 April 1692. Age 15.
Pensioner, June 1693.
B.A. 169i. Admitted scholar 6 Apr. 1693. His father Thomas was vicar
of Thorverton apparently before 1677 till 1716, when he died. There is no
trace of bim, but the family lingered on : a parish clerk, Martin Sanford, was
alive within the rnemory of man. (Information from Rev. F. L. Bazeley, vicar.)
Bright, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Pakenham. School : Bury, under
M"' Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M'' Holdsworth 29 April 1692. Age 17.
Admitted at the Middle Temple 17 Aug. 1689 as eldest son of Thomas of
" Netherhall in Peckingham, Suffolk." That Thomas was son of Thomas
of Netherhall Manor by his wife Eliz., daughter of Clement Heigham of
Barrow, Suffolk. Married in 1712 Mary, daughter of Will. Grigson of Forncett
St Peter's, and had a son Thomas (the fourth in succession of Netherhall) who
died unmarried in 1736, aged 23, the last of his line. But Thomas (no. 3) is
said to have been born in 1660 (see pedigree in J. B. Bright's History of the
Briyhts of Suffolk). Possibly that Thomas died in infancy and was followed by
another brother called Thomas, born ca. 1675 (S.H. A.H.). Died 27 Apr. 1727
and buried in Thurston church, the burial place of the family; Netherhall is
on the boundaries of Pakenham and Thurston, and called sometimes the one,
sometimes the other {ib.).
Clark, James : son of James : born at Seroreby [?], Northants. School :
Sedber[gh]. Admitted sizar under M"- Lovett 7 May 1692. Age 19.
B.A. 1696 Mids. Admitted scholar 6 Apr. 1693. Ordained deacon,
Carlisle, 1696 June.
Bagshawe, William : son of Henry : born at Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbs. School :
Mansfield, under M'' Foxlow. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 17 May
1692. Age 17.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 6 Apr. 1693. Ordained deacon, Lichfield,
1698 .June, with the note " non nisi propter spem melioris pvofectus appro-
batus " ; licensed to the chapel of Ashford in Bakewell : whatever further
progress he made, he was ordained priest at Worcester 25 May 1700: when
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he was (or became) curate of Edale. Vicar of Glossop, Derbs. 3 Aug. 1703 ;
where the well known " Apostle of the Peak," of the satne names, had died
8 Apr. 1702, aged 74 : I have not discovered any relationship between them.
Ridley, John : son of Nicholas : born at Ecles, near Chipchase, Northnmb'*.
School : Morpeth, under M'' Jackson. Admitted sizar under M"' Holdsvvorth
9 June 1692. Age 15.
Transferred to M"' Duckfleld and resided till Mich". 1694. He would seem
to have belonged to the Parkend Ridleys (close to Chipchase) but I cannot
identify him.
Bunchley, Richard : son of Edward : born at Burn [Bourn], Cambs. School :
Peterborough, under M'' Warren. Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett 16 June
1692. Age 17.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169^. Son of Edward (16.53) vicar
of Bourn. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1696 Sept. ; priest, 1698 June. Probably
vicar of Caxton 8 Mar. 173|, and of Bourn 24 July 1739. Buried at Bourn
5 Feb. 1754.
Scaife, Richard : [father not given] : bom at Ottrington, Richniondshire.
Admitted sizar under M"' Holdsworth 18 June 1692. Age 18. Pensioner
June 1693.
Reside<l till Mich**. 1693. Chris. Scaife became vicar of Ottrington 1660.
A Richard Scaife, clerk, was curate of Sowerby Chapel in the parish of Thirsk
7 Aug. 1699. A " M'' Scaife" who sent boys from Histon, Cambs. to the
University between 1700 and 1710, was probably Tho. Scaife B.A. (St John's)
1684 and vicar of Histon 1695-1723.
Le Strange, Hamon : son of Hamon : born at Pakenham, SufF. School : Bury,
under M"' Leeds. Admitted fellow-commoner under- M'' Holdsworth 20 June
1692. Age 16.
Resided probably till July 1693. Grandson of Hamon (admitted 1623)
of the Hunstanton branch. Son of Hamon of Pakenham, by his second wife
Barbara Bullock of Falkbourne, Essex. Married Christian Isabella Harvey
of Cockiield, but had no son. J. P. for sixty-five years. Died at Bury 11 Aug.
1767, aged 93. Author: The Justices Laiv — an abstract of the Acts wherein
Justices have the power of acting (1720): and of several theological works —
one being Essays on the Being of a God (1753): another A legacy to the
World, or Essays to promote practical Christiaiiity, hy a Civil Magistrate
(1762). His domestic happiness prompted a work Ro ivay more delightful
than the Conjugal (1753). (D.N.B.)
Hatt, Pigott : son of Richard : born at Orsett, Essex. School : Brentwood, under
M"' Bernard. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"^ Lovett 22 June 1692.
Age 17.
Resided till Lady Day 1697. Admitted at the Inner Temple 20 Feb. 169|.
Son of Richard Hatt, late of Orsett by his wife Mary, daughter of John
Gwillians of Walthamstow. His grandmother was Dorothy Pigott of London.
A pedigree in the Essex Vis"-, of 1664 — but not further iielpful.
Ashby, John : son of Thomas : born at Albury, Herts. School : Stortford, under
M'' Tooke. Admitted pensioner under M"' Lovett 24 June 1692. Age 21.
M.B. 1699. Resident till Lady Day 1697.
Man, Joshua : [father not given] : born at Southwell, Notts. School : Lufton le
Morthing [Laughton-en-le-Morthen], Yorks., under M'' Bromehead. Admitted
sizar under M'' Holdsworth 28 June 1692. Age 20.
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B.A. 169j; M.A. 1699; D.D. 1711. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169|.
Ordained deacon, London, 169|- March : priest, 1696 June ; and licensed to
Scotton and Laughton, Lines. Master of Mansfield school 27 May 1706.
Rector of Bottlebridge (Botolph Bridge, All Saints), Hunts. 3 June 1715.
Licensed 11 July 1715 to hold also the contiguous rectory of Orton Longue-
ville (now united with Botolph Bridge), patron the Duchess of Newcastle.
Died 1718 (Sweeting, Peterborough Churches, 137).
Brunton, Robert : son of Ralph : born at Southsheales [Shields], Durham. School :
South Shields, under M'' Bland. Admitted sizar under M' Holdsworth 2 July
1692. Age 18.
B.A. 169 J. Admitted scholar 6 Apr. 1693. Ordained deacon, York, 1697
June.
Tomlinson, Josias [Joshua] : father not given : born at Poole, Yorks. School :
Leeds, under M' Clark. Admitted sizar under M'' Holdsworth 5 July 1692.
Age 17.
B.A. (Joshua) 169|- ; M.A. 1699. His father's name was Tristram [the entry
being given in a Ms. note book of Simon Every]. Admitted scholar (Joshua)
17 Jan. 169^. Ordained deacon (by Bp. of Chichester in the vacancy of Lincoln)
1705 May : licensed to Bucknall, Lines. : priest (also by Bp. of Chichester, for
London) 1706 Dec.
Jenison, William : son of William : born at Newcastle. School : Westminster,
under D'' Busby. Admitted pensioner under M'' Holdsworth 10 July 1692.
Age 14.
B.A. 1694; M.A. 1700. Admitted scholar 6 Apr. 1693. Son of Will
Jenison (admitted 1668) the town clerk of Newcastle, by his second wife,
Barbara Read : first cousin of Ralph, admitted 1691. Ordained deacon, London,
170J March: priest, 1703 May. Probably the Burrell lecturer in Rhetorick
1701-4.
Smith, John : son of John : born at Boreham (probably Barham near Ipswich),
Suffolk. School : Bury, under M' Leeds. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M-- Holdsworth 13 July 1692. Age 19.
Resided till Lady Day 1694. One of these names was M.A. 1696.
Withers, William. : son of Thomas : [no further facts]. Admitted pensioner
under M'' Lovett 3 Aug. 1692.
B.A. 169i. Probably son of Thomas of Halton, Lanes, and brother of
Edmund (1691). Ordained deacon, York, [date lost]: curate in charge of
Wickersley, Yorks.: priest, York, 1711 May. Perhaps vicar of Tunstall All
S^^, Yorks, 9 May 1718-19. Curate in charge of Ravenfield Chapel near
Rotherham 1728. Rector of Thybergh, near Rotherham 30 July 1723-49,
when he died, aged 72 (Hunter, A Yorks. 2. 42). [But according to Cro.ston-
Baines (5. 549) Withers was vicar of Tunstall, Lanes. 1718—37, when he died.]
Sandford, Richard : baronet, son of Richard : born at Howgill, Westmoreland.
Educated in London by M"' Maidwell. Admitted "pro ordine dignitatis " (does
this mean as a nobleman^) under M'' Holdsworth 27 Aug. 1692. Age 17.
Said to have been born at the same hour at which his father. Sir Richard,
was murdered in Whitefriars, London 8 Sept. 1675. Sir Richard Sandford of
Howgill Castle. M.P. for Morpeth 1705, 1708 and 1710 (Hodgson, ii. ii. 532).
Died unmarried 1723.
Eachard, Abraham. : son of Thomas. Educated by his father. Admitted sizar
under M"^ Holdsworth 1 Sept. 1692.
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Younsjer son of Thomas, rector of Barsham, Suffolk : brother of Laurence
(1688) and of Christopher (1689). Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 1694. Buried
at Great St Andrew's 3 Aug. 1696.
Tatham, John : son of Edmund : born in Lanes. School : not given. Admitted
pensioner under M"' Holdsworth 10 Sept. 1692. Age not given.
B.A. 169S. Son of Edmund (1654), perhaps vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale:
brother of Richard (1691). One of these names rector of Bontishall [1 Bonsall],
Derbs. 29 July 1716.
King, John : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Cudworth
13 Sept. 1692.
I do not find him in the Study-rents. The date seems inconsistent with
the supposition that he was the sou of John, first Baron Kingston (in 1660)
and of Catharine Fenton : third Baron Kingston having succeeded in 1693 his
brother Robert, second Baron : donor of £50 to the restoration of the Chapel
in 1702. See Lodge- Archdall, Peerage of Ireland, 3. 232, note. Possibly third
son of Francis King of Knocklough, grandson of John, the elder brother of
Edward King, admitted here 1623 {ib. 223).
Blomefield, Timothy : son of Mark : born in Cambridge. School : Bury, under
M'^ Leeds. Admitted sizar under M"^ Waterhouse 22 Oct. 1692. Age 16.
His name appears in Study-rents till Lady Day 1694. Perhaps he is the
Timothy Blomfield, son of Mark, then of Sharnbrook who was ma trie'', at
St Mary Hall, Oxford, 6 Dec. 1694, aged 18. He took no degree.
Blencow, Henry : son of Christopher : born at Blencowe, Cumberland. School :
Blencowe, under M"' Ogle. Admitted pensioner under M"' Holdsworth 24
Nov. 1692. Age 16.
Resided till Mich'. 1694. Son of Christopher of Blencowe Hall, by his
wife Ann Laton of Dalemain. Succeeded his father at Blencowe. He was
Sheriff of Cumberland, temp. George I. Married ( 1 ) Dorothy Sisson of Penrith,
(2) Eliz. Todd of Wath, Yorks. : had tive sons and three daughters. Died 1721
(Jefferson, 1. 38.5).
Pollard, Benjamin : son of Tempest : born at Gomersall, Yorks. School : Leeds,
under M'' Clark. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 9 Dec. 1692. Age 16.
B.A. 1691 Admitted scholar 6 Apr. 1693. Ordained priest, York, 1698
June.
*Hobart, Thomas :
Not found before 27 March 1699 when he was admitted as Finch and Baines
Fellow on the nomination of the Eail of Nottingham, in place of M'' Lovett.
M.D. 1700. Though not in Orders he was Junior Dean and Catechist 1700.
Praelector 1702 : but had a deputy. T cannot trace him till 23 Apr. 1709
when he had leave to travel abroad for six months (probably as a private tutor)
"he paying \0s. each time for reading his course [in Chapel] and 10«. for
reading on the Festivals." He must have ti-avelled already, perhaps for
three years ; otherwise he would not have needed leave for a first journey : such
travel was a wise provision to encourage medical research. I)'' Hobart seems
to have signally abused the liberty given thereby. On 3 May 1710 he had
leave for another three months without conditions. On 24 July 1712 he had
leave to travel out of England for three years " to go along with the Duke of
Leeds grandson ]\K Cook": on 6 May 1715 this charge was prolonged for
another three years at the request of the Earl of Nottingham. On 26 Mar. 1719
he had three years more. His last leave was on 1 Nov. 1723 for tliree years.
Before 27 April 1728 his earthly travel had ended. I have met with no
similar history.
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Lee, Henry : son of John : born at Beckonsfield [Beaconsfield], Bucks. School :
Eton, under M"' Newborough. Admitted pensioner under M'' Holdsworth
29 Jan. 169f. Age 18.
M.B. 1U98. Admitted scholar 6 Apr. 1693.
Andrews, John : son of John : born at Hitchin. School : Hitchin, under M''
Miller. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield 24 Feb. 169f. Age 17.
B.A. ]69f ; M.A. 1703, incorporated Oxford, 1703. Admitted scholar
6 Apr. 1693. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1699 Sept. ; licensed to Ickleford
with Pirton, Herts. : priest, London, 1700 Sept. On 2 Jan. 170f Joh.
Andrews M.A. (Christ's), was licensed curate of Sutton by Dover. Chaplain
to Lord Rockingham. Instituted 30 Mar. 1708 to the united rectories of
St Mildred All Saints, and St Mary de Castro, Canterbury : and (as Chaplain)
licensed to hold also the rectory of Knowlton, Kent — distant three miles —
vacant by the death of Peter Pury. One of these names (but perhaps a
younger man) was vicar of Farningham, Kent, 1744-.54 (Hasted, 1. 306).
Green, Thomas : son of Thomas : bom at Lighthorne, Warw. Educated by
M' Mayo. Admitted sizar under M' Holdsworth 3 June 1693. Age 18.
B.A. 169f; probably M.A. 1733. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169|. Possibly
the Tho. Green, B.A., ordained deacon, Lincoln {lit. dim. from Worcester), 1698
Sept.: priest, 1701 June; licensed to Haddon (1 Hunts.). Vicar (as B.A.) of
Burton (or Great) Dassett, Warw. 5 June 1702. Cha|)lain to the Bishop of
St David's : licensed (as M.A. of Christ's) 28 Feb. 172§, to hold with Great
Dassett the rectory of Water Stratford, Bucks., distant 15 miles. One Tho.
Green, B.A., was vicar of Wymeswold, Leics. 22 Aug. 1728.
Flint, Luke : son of Francis : born at Chesterfield. Educated by M'' Brown.
Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 3 June 1693. Age 18.
B.A. 169f Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169*. Ordained deacon, Lichfield,
1697 Sept. : licensed to Shelden Chapel, Bakewell, Derbs. Rector of Somershall
Herbert, Derbs. 28 July 1708.
Meggison, Lancelot : son of Lancelot : born at Wharton, Northumberland.
School : Morpeth, under M'' Jackson. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse
1 July 1693. Age not given.
B.A. 1695. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 1694. Ordained deacon, Carlisle,
1698 June. Master of Morpeth School : I have not the dates — before 1710
and he was gone before 1717. In 1712 he and the usher (Mather) brought a
bill in Chancery against the bailiff and burgesses of Morpeth on the ground
that a lease of school-lands at Nether Witton had been granted fraudulently
in 1698 to one Nich. Tiiornton. The suit was settled in 1719 by his successor
Mordecai Carey, afterwards Bishop of Clonfert. No boys were sent to
Christ's from Morpeth during Meggison's Mastership : and the supply from
the south of Northumberland which had been very considerable during the
17th centur}' passed away. It was perhaps due to the influence of Ralph
Widdrington.
Dawson, John : son of Thomas : born in Cambridge. Educated at a private
school by M"^ Pate. Admitted sizar under M'' Ducktield 7 July 1693. Age 17.
B.A. 1694. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169|. Ordained deacon, London,
1698 Sept.
Whitaker, Arthur : son of Joshua : born at Settle. School : Giggleswick,
under M'' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 13 July 1693.
Age 16.
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B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169|. Usher at Giggleswick
School : received 12 March 169 J =£2. 16s. in part wages. On 16 June 1703
Dulsabella Paley received £26. 18s. 7c?. on M'' Whitaker's account. (Governors'
Minutes, printed in A. F. Leach's Yorkshire Schools, 2. 282.)
Baines, Ralph : son of William : born at Meureth Head [Mowith Head,
in the parish of Benthani], Yorks. School : Sedbergh, under M'' Wharton.
Admitted pensioner under M' Holdsworth 28 Oct. 1693. Age 15.
Admitted scholar (Baynes) 22 Feb. 169|. Son and heir of Will. Baynes of
Mewith Head Hall. Resided till Mich'. 1695 under M"' Duckfield; he was
M'' Holdsworth's last pupil. Admitted at Gray's Inn, 8 Nov. 1695.
Chaplin, John : son of Thomas : born at Otton Belshamp, Essex. School : Eton,
under M' Newborough. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 31 Oct. 1693.
Age 18.
M.B. 1699. Admitted scholar (Chaplyn) 22 Feb. 1694.
Sharp, John : " filius secundum carnem " of D'' John Sharp, Archbishop of York :
born in London. Educated by M"' Wickens : was some time at Leeds
Grammar School (Leeds Sch. Keg^.). Admitted fellow-commoner under M''
Lovett 4 Nov. 1693. Age 15.
M.A. 1695. His name remains on the list of Lovett's pupils till Mich.
1697: he lived "at the Master's." Admitted at the Inner Temple 8 Jan.
169|^. In 1697 he gave Graevius (Thes. Antiq.) to the Library (cost £11) ;
he also gave in 1702 £20 to the restoration of the Chapel. Lived at Grafton
Park, Northants. Married Anna Maria, daughter of Cha. Hosier of Wicken
Park. M.P. for Ripon, 1701-14. Commissioner of trade, 1703-14. Died
9 March 172| aged 49, and buried at Wicken : M.l. to him and his wife in
the church. (D.N.B. under his father).
Shaw, Robert :
M.A. 1700. Matric'^. at Brasenose, O.xford 29 Mar. 1693, aged 19. B.A.
1696. Incorporated at Christ's. M.A. (Christ's) 1700. Rector of Handley,
Cheshire 1703 {Al. Ox. 1341).
Calton, Jacob : son of Thomas : born at Cudthorp, Derbs. Educated by his
father. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 11 Jan. 169|. Age 18.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1709. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 1694. Ordained
deacon, York, 1698 June: priest, 1699 Oct. Chaplain to the Duke of New-
castle. Vicar of Worksop, Notts. 22 Oct. 1699. Had license 7 Dec. 1708 to
hold also the rectory of Blore, Staffs., distant 26 miles, patron, the Duke. Died
vicar of Worksop before Oct. 1718.
Risley, John : son of John : born at Knowsley, Lanes. School : Wigan, under
M"^ Liptrott. Admitted pensioner under M' Duckfield 27 Jan. 169f. Age 18.
Admitted scholar 13 April 1695. Resided till Lady Day 1697. Is he the
John Risley of Risley, Lanes, admitted at the Inner Temple 5 May 1694?
Gjrrling, Nicholas : son of Nicholas : born at Bury St Edmunds. School : Bury,
under M^ Leeds. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 20 Feb. 169 J. Age 17.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 1694. Ordained deacon, Norwich,
1702 Sept. : Spriest, York, 1703 May. Vicar of Tadcaster 23 May 1703,
patron, the Duke of Somerset. Also Master of Tadcaster school, nominated
by Archbishop Sharp and Dean Fincii. Rector of Newton Kyriie, near Tad-
caster, for 42 years (Nichols, Topographer, 1. 503). Died 9 Sept. 1767, aged 92.
Billington, Joseph : son of Edward : born in London. School : Charterhouse
(schola Suttoniensis), under M'' Walker, Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield
8 Mar. 169|. Age 16.
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B.A. 169|; M.A. 1706. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 1694 Ordained
deacon, London, 1698 Sept. : priest, Chichester (for Canterbnry), 1706 Dec.
Licensed by the Archbishop 27 July 1706 to be Senior Fellow or Preacher in
the College of God's gift at Dulwich.
Maynard, Banister : son of Banister : born at Rasthouse, Beds. Educated by
M'' Wright. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 19 Apr. 1694. Age 17.
Son of Banister, third Baron Maynard of Eschines, Essex, by his wife Lady
Eliz. Grey, davighter of Henry, Earl of Kent. Died before his father, i.e.
before 4 Mar. 171|^, when his younger brother Henry succeeded. A still
younger brother, Charles (admitted 1707) in 1745 became sixth Baron.
Massey, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Hoyton [probably Huyton], Lanes.
School: Warrington, under M"' Shaw. Admitted sizar under M"^ Duckfield
27 Apr. 1694. Age 17.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1701. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 1694, and again
15 Aug. 1696. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1701 Sept. : priest, York,
1702 Sept.
Idlott, William : son of Matthew : born at Wellingborough, Northants. School :
Courteenhall, under M"^ Aspridge [Ashbridge]. Admitted sizar under M'' Duck-
field 1 May 1694. Age 16.
Admitted scholar (Idloott) 22 Feb. 169|. Resided (with some break) till
Lady Day 1697.
Musters, Munday (Mundy) : son of John : born at Quorn, Derbs. School :
Enfield, under M'' Udal. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"^ Duckiield
2 May 1694. Age 17.
Resided (perhaps) till Mich^ 1696. Eldest son of John Musters of Col-
wick Hall, Notts., by his wife Millicent Mundy of Quorn : nephew of Charles
(167^) : brother of Thomas (1694). He succeeded his father at Colwick Hall
in 1685 : his mother survived till 1739. He married a Miss Sherwin. Gave
£10 to the restoration of the Chapel in 1702.
*Cooke, Henry: son of John: born at "Aden-white-house" ["? Addlethwaite],
Northumberland. School : Sadberge [Sedbergh], under M'' Wharton. Ad-
mitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 17 May 1694. Age 17.
B.A. (Cooke) 1691; M.A. 1701. Admitted scholar (Cooke) 22 Feb. 1694
Ordained deacon, London, 1699 Dec. : priest, 1701 Sept. Elected Fellow
10 Oct. 1701, in place of John Broughton. Junior Dean, Catechist and
Bunting Preacher 1703: but present at no College meeting after Nov. 1703.
Married before 27 June 1704, and voided his fellowship. Possibly he was
chaplain to Lord Lumley : he preached the funeral sermon of Lady Lumley at
Great Bardfield, Essex 20 Apr. 1704 (Coll. Library, c. 13. 16). Afterwards
domestic chaplain to Archbishop Dawes. Rector of Stokesley, Yorks., 23 Jan.
172f (patron, the Archbishop). Prebendary of Southwell 14 Oct. 1721: of
York (Ampleforth) 22 May 1722. Died 1 Apr. 1750 and buried at Southwell.
Dell, George : son of William : born at Sampshill [?], Beds. School : Buckingham,
under M"' Styles. Admitted sizar under M-- Duckfield 22 May 1694. Age 17.
LL.B 1710. Grandson of the Master of Caius : nephew of John (1669).
Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169|-. George Dell, clerk, ordained priest at Peter-
borough 1705. Rector of Foulness, Essex 2 Jan. 170f, patron, Daniel, Earl
of Nottingham. Died before March 1714 (Morant, 1. 325). Author: Religious
Wisdom the best Treasure — a sermon preached before the Goldsmiths' Company
at St Mary-le-Bow 6 Feb. 171f (Cole.)
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Dawson, Mark: son of Godfrey : born at Cover(h)am, Yorks. School: Burnsall,
under ftp Hey. Admitted sizar under M'^ Ducktield 26 May 1694. Age 17.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169j.
Newton, Thomas: son of Thomas : born at Burton on Trent. School : Burton,
under M''ShiIton. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 1 June 1694. Age 17.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169|^. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1699 June ; licensed to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Probably the Tho. Newton,
called B.D. [none such at either Universit)'] "ex aede Christi in Acad. Cant."
licensed 24 Apr. 1705 to preach in the diocese of Lichfield and to serve the
cure of Burton on Trent.
Ward, William : son of Robert : born at Slingsby, Yorks. Educated at home by
M'' Overend. Admitted pensioner under M"' Duckfield 1 June 1694. Age 17.
LL.B. 1703 ; LL.D. 1708. Son of Rob. Ward (1664) rector of Slingsby
and Stokesley, Prebendary of York. Admitted at the Middle Temple 22 Mar.
1697. Commissary of Exchequer to the Archbishop of York. Chancellor of
the diocese. J.P. for the North and West Ridings. Married Barbara Mott
of Witherstield (sic), Essex. Died 1751, aged 73, (Hunter, F.M.G. 647.)
A son. Will., admitted 172|. In the Catalogus Grad. there appears a Will.
Ward of Christ's (B.A. 1697): perhaps the same man; perhaps another of
the same year overlooked in the Admission book (less likely).
Pye, William : son of Thomas : bom at Stannerton [Stannington], Northumb'*.
School : Morpeth, under M'' Jackson. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield
23 June 1694. Age 17.
B.A. 169|. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169f Son of Thomas (1669).
One Will. Pye, notary public, was registrar of the diocese of Durham in Nov.
1725 (Brand, 1. 104).
Cocking, Robert: son of James : born at Warkwith [Warkworth], Northumb"*.
School : Hex[h]am, under M"" Bewick. Admitted sizar under M' Duckworth
23 June 1694. Age 16.
Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169^. Resided till Mich^ 1697, perhaps
longer. One Rob. Cocking, Master of Hexham school 1698-1702 (Bateson,
3. 224).
*Baines, Matthew: son of John: " apxt/^ay^'P™ munere apud nos fungente":
born in Cambridge. School : Cambridge (Perse), under M"' Sparkes. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M'^ Lovett 6 July 1694. Age 15.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1702. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169|. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1701 June: priest, Worcester, 170i. Elected Fellow
29 March 1699, succeeding Cha. Ellis. Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting
preacher 1701. Praelector 1703. Steward 1705. Senior Dean 1712.
Presented to Fen Drayton 3 July 1713. Resigned his Fellowship before
16 Feb. 1714 — possibly on marriage. From that time he paid £10 a year as
interest on some loan until Mich. 1719 when he repaid the principal.
Peck, William : son of John : born at Mount Pleasant, Herts. School :
Wandsworth, Surrey under M'' Johnson. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M-- Duckfield 31 July 1694. Age 16.
Resided certainly till Lady Day 1695, possibly, till 1697.
Mott, Nathaniel : son of Mark : born at Wethersfield, Essex. School : Bury,
under M' Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 13 Aug. 1694.
Age 17,
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132 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
B.A. 169^; M.A. 1702. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169^. Brother of
Mark (1689) ; perhaps third son of Mark, ejected from Chelmsford 1662 : but
the family was large : there were a Mark and Nat. brothers at Caius in the
preceding generation (Venn, 1. 407 and 417).
Temple, Richard : eldest son of Richard, baronet, of Stowe, Bucks. : born in
London. Educated " praeceptore non uno." Admitted fellow-commoner under
M' Lovett 31 Oct. 1694. Age 18.
Resided till Mich^ 1696. Succeeded his father as Baronet May 1697.
M.P. for Buckingham 1691 to the end of the reign of Will. Ill : elected for
the county 1704 and 1705, and again for the town 1708 and 1710. Colonel in
1702 of one of the new regiments raised against France : served under
Marlborough with distinction especially at the siege of Lille : rose to the
rank of Lieut. General. Under George I he was created (19 Oct. 1714) Baron
Cobham of Cobham (being descended from the extinct Cobhams). Envoy
extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Charles VI. Viscount Cobham 1718.
Commanded an expedition against Spain which captured Vigo 1719. For his
political action and rupture with Walpole see D.N.B. Joined the Pelhams
after Walpole's downfall. He especially opposed the employment of British
troops in the interest of Hanoverian policy on the Continent. Married
Anne, daughter of Edm. Halsey of Stoke Poges, but had no children. Died
13 Sept. 1749 : and was succeeded in the viscounty and baronetcy by his sister
Hester, wife of Richard Gienville of Wootton, Bucks. He was a friend of
Pope who often visited him at Stowe, and celebrated him in two of his
(perhaps) best known lines :
And you, brave Cobham, to the latest breath
Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death.
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, as a member of the Kit Cat Club.
Ramonden, Gabriel : son of Peter : born at Bordeaux [Burdigala], France.
Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Lovett 31 Oct. 1694. Age not given.
Resided till Mich^ 1696.
Taylor, Robert : son of Robert : born at Holliugbery [-bury], Essex. School :
Stortford, under M'' Tooke. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 3 Nov.
1694. Age 16.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1702. Admitted scholar 13 Apr. 1695.
Procter, John : son of Richard : born in Ci-aven, Yorks. School : Giggleswick,
under M'' John Armstead. Admitted sizar 29 Nov. 1694. Age 19.
B.A. 169|. (See under Joh. Procter 169i.) Ordained deacon, York,
1700 May: priest, Lincoln, 1705 Dec. Rector of S' Nicholas, South Kelsey,
Lines. 24 Dec. 1705, patron. Lady Ayscough, widow.
Osbom, Richard : son of John : born in London. School : Warrington, Lanes.,
under M"' Shaw. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 17 Dec. 1694. Age 15.
B.A. 169§. Admitted scholar 22 Feb. 169|. Ordained deacon, London,
1702 May: priest, Norwich, 1703 Sept. Probably vicar of Hindolveston,
Norfolk 1703-21 : also vicar of Barney (or Berney) 1713-20.
Herring, Richard : son of William : born at Newark. School : Newark, under
M"' John Twells. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 4 Jan. 169i. Age 17.
B.A. 169f Admitted scholar 17 Jan. 169f.
Turner, Thomas : only son of Bernard : born at Buntingford. School : Enfield,
under D' Udall, Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield, 14 Jan. 1694.
Age 17.
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B.A. 169f. Admitted at the Middle Temple 25 Feb. 1698 as son of
Bernard of Little Court, Herts.
Musters, Thomas : second son of John : born at Quorn, Derbs. School : Eton,
under M"' Newborough. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 31 Jan.
169|. Age 16.
Son of John Musters of Colwick Hall, Staffs., born like his brother
Mundy (1694) at Quorn his mother's former home. Admitted at Lincoln's
Inn 13 June 1695. Resided till Mich^ 1697 or longer.
Hale, William : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield
19 March 1694. Probably never resided.
*Bourne, Samuel : son of Obadiah : born at Ashover, Derbs. School : Chester-
field. Admitted pensioner under M'' Waterhouse 27 March 1695. Age 16.
B.A, 169f ; M.A. 1702. Bapf. 10 Dec. 1678. Son of Obadiah Bourne
rector of Ashover from 166^- (or earlier) to 1710. Admitted scholar 20 Mar.
169y. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1700 Dec. : priest, London, 1701 Dec.
Vicar of Helpston 1703-6. Elected King Edward's Fellow 9 Oct. 1705,
succeeding Geo. Burton. Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting Preacher 1708.
Had a few pupils. Praelector 1709. Succeeded his father, as third of the
name, rector of Ashover 21 Nov. 1710, and resigned his Fellowship a month
earlier. Died unmarried 27 May 1719. (Hunter, F.M.G.)
Carter, Richard : son of Joseph : born at Middleton, Yorks. School : Darton,
under M' Stephenson. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 29 March 1695.
Age not given.
Buried at Great St Andrew's 20 Dec. 1696.
*Thomson, Thomas : sou of Thomas : born at York. School : York, under M''
Tomlinson. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 29 March 1695. Age 16.
B.A. 169f ; M.A. 1702. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169f Elected Fellow
12 Oct. 17uO, succeeded Tho. Waterhouse. Ordained deacon, York, 1701 Sept.:
priest, Lincoln, 1702 May. Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting Preacher
1702. Praelector 1704-5: he entered very carelessly two men in 1704 and
none at all in 1705, Jan.-Oct. : possibly he was out of re.sidence as he signs at
no College meeting till 30 Sept. 1705. He seems not to have resided after the
end of 1705, and was (perhaps) the Tho. Thomson, M.A., who entered the
cure of Coxwold, Yorks. 22 Nov. 1705. Resigned his Fellowship before 6 May
1707 on taking a living : possibly Skegness, Lines. : if so he died before 1719
when a new rector was appointed. Another was instituted to the rectory of
Aldburgh, Holderness 11 June 1714: and re,signed before 1723 — but how
long before is uncertain.
Winn, John : son of Francis : born at Stortford. School : Stortford, under
M'' Tooke. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield 6 April 169-5. Age 16.
B.A. I69|. Admitted scholar 25 Jan. 169f. One John Winn, B.A.,
(there seems to be no other B.A. than our man) was ordained deacon, London,
1708 May : priest in September. Inst'', to Boughton Aluph, Kent 22 Sept.
1708, patron, M"'" Mary Bretton.
Wiseman, John : fourth son of Sir William, baronet of Canfield, Esse.x : born in
London. School : London, under M' Meurs. Admitted fellow-commoner
under M"' Bevin, 8 Apr. 1695. Age 16.
Resided tiU Mich^ 1697, or longer. Admitted at the Inner Temple
23 Jan. 169f : removed to the Middle Temple 22 Nov. 1705. Son of Sir
Will. Wiseman of Canfield Hall, by his wife Arabella, daughter of Sir Tho.
Hewet of Pishobury.
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Cheynell, Henry : Oxoniensis, M.A. Admitted for the purpose of taking the
degree of D.D.
D.D. 1695. Son of Henry, of Wonersh, Surrey, gent. : admitted at
St Edmund Hall, Oxford 10 March 166|, aged 17. B.A. 1668; M.A. 1671 :
incorporated at Cambridge. Rector of Cranley, Surrey 1682-1704: of Shep-
perton, Midds. 1683-1704. Foster {Al. Ox. 269) makes him Canon of Chichester
in 1704 ; but Le Neve knows him not, and he died in that year : see Hennessy,
392.
Amherst, JefFery : eldest son of Jeffery, armiger : born at Cowfold, Sussex.
Educated at Horsham by M"' [Hen.] Hallywell. Admitted fellow-commoner
under M'' Duckfield 15 May 1695. Age 18.
Resided till Mich^ 1697 : or longer. Admitted at Gray's Inn.3 May 1692.
Born 1677, son of GeofTrey Amherst (166i) Bencher of Gray's Inn, by his
wife Elizabeth of Warnham, Sussex. Bencher of Gray's Inn : Treasurer
1739-44. Of Riverhead, Kent. Married Eliz., daughter of Tho. Kerrill of
Hadlow, Kent, by whom he had seven sons (one of whom was the first Lord
Amher.st) and four daughters. Buried at Sevenoaks 1 Nov. 1750.
Ogle, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Church [Kirk] Newton, NorthunA
M.A. of Edinburgh. Admitted 27 June 1695.
M.A. 1695. Curate of Bishop Wearmoutli Oct. 1694-Sept. 1701, when
he died. (Surtees, 1. 231.)
Rutter (afterwards Rutterforth), Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Tadlow,
Cambs. School: Wormleighton, Beds. [? Warw.], under M' Bristow. Admitted
sizar under M'' Ducktield 20 June 1695. Age 20.
B.A. (Rutter) 169|; M.A. 1702. Descended by his mother's side from
Bishop Hall of Chester and so from Bishop Hall of Norwich. Admitted
scholar 20 March 1695. Ordained as Tho. Rutterforth, B.A., deacon, Ely,
1700 Dee. : licensed to curacy of Hatley St George, near Tadlow. Rector of
Papworth 1704: given as rector of Conington 1713; but this is doubtful:
licensed to preach at Godmanchester 7 Aug. 1717. Brother of Geo. Rutter
later Rutterforth (1699). I suspect that Wormleighton above is a miscopy of
Wrestlingworth, Beds, where Thomas' younger brother, George was educated,
also under a M"' Bristow.
Deere, John : son of Richard : born at Ashwell, Herts. School : Buntingford,
under M'' England. Admitted sizar under M'' Ducktield 5 July 1695. Age 16.
B.A. 169^. Admitted scholar 25 Jan. 169f. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1702
July. As clerk (curate 1) of Croxton, had license to marry Hannah Few of
Croxton 28 Oct. 1703.
Woods, John : son of Hamlet : born at Winwick, Lanes. School : Warrington,
under M"' Shaw. Admitted pensioner under M' Duckfield, 13 July 1695.
Age 17.
B.A. 169J; M.A. 1703. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169f. Ordained
deacon, Chester, 1703 Sept. : priest, Lincoln, 170| March. Chaplain to the
Earl of Aylesford. Rector of Cortlingstoke [Costock], Notts. 12 June 1708.
Had dispensation to iiold also Wilford, Notts. — distant five miles — 28 Apr.
1733. Died 1752, aged 73.
Hooper, Isaac : son of John : born in Cambridge. School : King's College
(schola Regalis grammatica), under M"' Will. Donne. Admitted sizar under
M"- Duckfield 2 Aug. 1695. Age 16.
B.A. 170ft. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169f. Ordained deacon, London,
1701 June.
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Strother, Edward: son of Edward: born at Alnwick, Northunib''. School:
Alnwick, under M'' Chessman. Admitted pensioner under M"' Duckfield
24 Aug. 1695. Age 20.
Resided not more than half a year. Son of Edward, an extra-licentiate
of the College of Physicians who practised at Alnwick. The son took his
M.D. degree at Utrecht 8 May 1720, and became a licentiate of the College
3 April 1721. Lived in London, and died near Soho Square 14 April 1737.
A list of his works will be found in the D.N.B. : the first was A C7-itical
Essai/ on Fevers, London, 1716. In the College Library is a compilation (ms.)
by him of Morborum Diagnostica, Prognostica, Therepeuses, Cauiiones Medicae,
collected from 2000 authors, and printed in London 3 Oct. 1715 : it is
numbered 12 in D'' James' Catalogue of Western MSS. in the Library.
Broughton, Brian : second son of Thomas, armiger, who was son of Sir Brian,
baronet : born at Beaudesert, Staffs. School : private, at Kensington, under
M'' Agier [the same name occurs in the Johniau Adm". book 12 May 1701].
Admitted pensioner under M'^ Duckworth 2 Oct. 1695. Age 18.
B.A. 169^. Admitted as of Broughton, Staffs, at the Middle Temple
30 July 1698. Brother of Amcotts (169f). His father Sir Thomas (who
succeeded his father 1708) and his three brothers, Peter, Brian, and Harvey,
were all of Trin. Coll., Oxford : Sir Thomas died 1710 : when our Brian
succeeded him, his elder brother Amcotts having died in 1700. Sir Brian
Broughton married Eliz., daughter of Sir Tho. Delves of Doddington, Cheshire.
Died 12 Sept. 1724, when he was succeeded by his son Sir Brian Broughton-
Delves, who took that surname under his grandfather's will. (Kimber,
1. 185.)
Cookson, Joseph: son of William: born at Leeds. School: Burnsall, under
M'' Clapham. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 16 Nov. 1695. Age 17.
B.A. 169^; M.A. 1703. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 1695. Probably Jos.
Cookson, Lecturer at Leeds parish church 1709. Vicar of Leeds 6 Mar. 171|.
Prebendary of Ripon 25 Sept. 1722. Died vicar before March 1751.
Moore, Christopher : son of Thomas : born at Shipton [?], Lines. Praeceptors,
"unuset alter." Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 20 Nov. 1695. Age 17:
" Cum breves moras traxerat, grassanti tunc temporis contagiosa febre
correptus, summae spei iuvenis praematuro concessit fato."
Admitted scholar 25 Jan. 169f . Buried at Great St Andrew's 5 July 1696.
Mowrye, John : [father not given] : born at Ham near Somerton, Somerset.
Educated at Sherborne, under M'' Gurgenven. Resided two years at Wadham,
Oxford, whence he brought letters testimonial. Admitted pensioner under
M-- Waterhouse 27 Nov. 1695. Age 19.
Matric"*. at Wadham 3 Apr. 1693. Resided here till Mich^ 1697 or
longer — but took no degree. Vicar of Montacute 16 March 1708-20 and
rector of Sock-Dennis, Somerset 6 April 1708: rector of Closworth, 17 June
1720 : died before Dec. 1725. (Weaver, Somerset Incumbents, 66.)
Day, Francis : son of Samuel : born at York. School : Shipton, [near] York,
under M"' Ho[d]gson. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 21 Feb. 169f.
Age 16.
B.A. 169|; M.A. 1703. Admitted scholar 20 March 169f One of these
names was vicar of Topcliffe, Yorks. 7 Dec. 1713. One was lecturer at the
parish church Leeds, later than 1715 and before 1757 (Thore.sby-Whitaker, 263).
Robinson, Laurence : son of Laurence : born at Gill, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M'' Arm[it]stead. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse 21 Mar.
169f. Age 18.
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Admitted scholar, 21 Feb. 169|. I Ccannot find that he took a degree, but
one Laur. Robinson, B.A., was ordained deacon, York, 1699 Sept. [not of
Oxford].
Sykes, John : son of John : born at Yardley, Herts. School : Buntingford, under
M'' England. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 24 April 1696. Age 17.
B.A. 169^; M.A. 1703. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169-1. John Sykes,
the father, was vicar of Yardley, or Ardley, near Buntingford 1664-82. The
son was ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1701 Dec, and licensed to Cottered, Herts.:
priest, 170; March. Rector of Cottered; died 1723 (J.E.B.M.).
Cockshutt, Thomas : son of George : born at Clitheroe, Lanes. School :
Clitheroe, under M'' Escolm [he appears in the Johnian Adm". Book, as Escott,
Ascolm, Ascholma, and Hescolni]. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse
23 May 1696. Aged 18.
B.A. 169^; M.A. 1703. Admitted scholar 15 Aug. 1696. Probably
brother of Joaias, admitted 1704. Ordained deacon, York, 1701 Dec. : priest,
1702 May. Probably vicar of Darton near Barnsley 1702 : resigned it
24 Apr. 1704 (Hunter, 6'. Yorks. 2. 371). Perhaps curate of Cawthorne, near
Barnsley 20 Apr. 1703. His son Thomas (admitted 1727) was born about
1709 at " Cannonhall," Yorks.
Leese, Joseph : son of Thomas : born at Denton, Lanes. School : Stockport,
under M^ Dickins. Admitted sizar under M^ Duckfield 23 [?] May 1696.
Age 19.
B.A. 169§. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 1694. One Jos. Lees was vicar of
Over, Cheshire 1706-53, when he died (Ormerod-Helsby, 2. 184).
Browne, Richard : son of John : born at Ashton, Yorks. School : Burnsall,
under M'' Clapham. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 1 July 1696. Age 17.
B.A. 169^. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169f. Ordained deacon, London,
1701 June : priest, 1702 December. One of these names vicar of Hungarton
near Leicester 18 Feb. 171|^.
Wright, John : son of John : born at Elton, Cheshire. Educated by M^ Bellis
[? Rob. adm<'. under M"' Waterhouse 1684, M.A. 1696]. Admitted sizar under
M"- Waterhouse 3 July 1696. Age 19. °
B.A. 169^. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169|.
Cuttar, John : son of Marmaduke : born at Trewick [?], Northumberland.
School : Durham, under M'' Rudd. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield
5 Aug. 1696. Age 16.
B.A. (Peterhouse) 170f ; M.A. 1704. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169-5:
resided here till Mich^ 1697 or longer.
Bullis, John : son of Thomas : born at Ely. School : [Ely], under M^ Silvertop.
Admitted sizar under M'' Lovett [? Aug.] 1696. Age 17.
B.A. 170f. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1702 July : priest, Chichester, 1704
June. Probably vicar of Billingshurst, Sussex 1706. Had dispensation to hold
also the rectory of Sullington — distant eight miles — 10 June 1725. Held
both till death 19 Dec. 1737. John Bullis, LL.B. 1725, was perhaps his son.
Wood, RoUand : son of Rolland : born at Fordham, Cambs. School : Milden-
hall, under M^ John Badcock. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 7 Dec.
1696. Age 18.
B.A. (Woods) 170f. Probably vicar 1705 and rector 1719 of Freckenham,
Suffolk. (Al. Ox. 1692.) One Roland Wood was admitted at Lincoln's Inn
21 Feb. 170i: but he was B.A. 1695 of Oriel, Oxford, also the son of a
Roland Wood, but of Brookthorpe, Glos. {ib.).
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**Towers, William: son of Henry: born at Gay wood, Norfolk. School: Len-Regis
[Lynn], under M'' Home. Admitted pensioner under M'' Ducktield 20 Jan.
169f. Age 16.
B.A. 170^ ; M.A. 1704 ; D.D. {com. reg.) 17-28. Admitted scholar 20 Mar.
169f. Elected Fellow 1 May 1702 on the death of Dan. Ducktield. Ordained
deacon, Ely, 170| Feb.: priest, Lincoln, 170f March. Junior Dean, Catechist
and Bunting Preacher, 1704. Praelector 1705. From the beginning of 1709
to Oct. 1710, he attended no meeting and was perhaps non-resident; for the
next three years he appears, but was elected to no office. Senior Dean 1713 :
again Jan. 171f in place of M'' Moor: again in 1721. Taxor 1708. Senior
Proctor 1718. His fellowship was declared vacant by the Master in Oct. 1714,
because he had inherited from his father an estate at Gaywood near Lynn.
He declared that his father's debts exceeded the value of the inheritance : and
refused to answer further questions. Covel ejected him : but the V.O., Jolm
Green of Corpus " a man of liberal sentiments beyond the age in which lie
lived " (Masters, 249), reinstated him on appeal. Feeling in the College (as in
the University) was divided by politics both public and domestic. Towers was
a zealous Whig : also a supporter of D'' Bentley, while the Master was of
Gooch's side. Towers, as Proctor in October 1718 on the day when Bentley
was suspended from his degrees, challenged D'' Gooch to point out the law or
statute on which the proposed grace was founded : and in liis address to the
Senate he publicly criticised the Heads for the degradation. On Covel's
death. Towers, who was Senior Fellow, was elected in Jan. 172|, not without
opposition : four of the Fellows (headed by Ra. Aynsley) waited on the V.C.
(as Visitor) and asked him to interfere as the election was made not according
to Statute : but nothing followed : an opinion of one Ja. Johnson that the
vote of a Fellow for himself as Master (if such vote completes a statutable
majority) is valid, is in our Muniment-room and seemingly in Towers' hand-
writing : I infer that he had voted for himself and then strengthened himself
with a legal opinion. Political feeling kept him long out of the Vice-Chancel-
lorship : in 1733 he was defeated : in 1734 he was nominated, and thanks to
Bentley, who as Regius Professor struck out his most formidable opponent,
was elected. (See Gunning, Ceremonies;, 46, note.) Nothing memorable occurred
during his tenure of office. In College there was much disputation during his
Mastership, chiefly concerning Fellowships : it is noteworthy that he declared
vacant the Fellowship of Hen. Finch in 1736 on grounds similar to those on
which Covel had declared his own — and with equal lack of success : see under
Finch (1712). Cole charges him with "love of squabbles and Law" and
" wrong-headedness " but admits that he was " esteemed to be an honest and
well-meaning man " — which is much for Cole when speaking of a Whig. He
had the rare virtue for that time of not being a self-seeker : Cole says that he
lost the office of King's Chaplain by a " peculiar unaccountableness of manner "
in taking no notice of the offer : and adds that he also gave awa}' his chance
of a Bishopric, to which his services entitled him ("he having always behaved
himself steadily in the Hanover interest, and that at a juncture when it was
most wanted"), by "his morose, sour and rough manner." Perhaps "unsociable"
might be substituted for Cole's epithets : it suits his further account : " those
best acquainted with him, which were but few, he living much by himself,
gave him the character of a very facetious and pleasant companion, that he
was a good historian, and that there was hardly a gentleman's family in England
he did not know the private history of, and hardly a village in the kingdom
which he could not describe; making it his constant practice to travel privately
about in the summer, and was never better pleased than when unknown and
unobserved." He commenced a full and very good account of the College
properties : but did not get on far with it. He followed D'' Covel in one
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point : he appointed " a President " during his absence, under seal. He died
1 March 1745 at four in the morning of a violent fever (Cole). Buried in
the Chapel 6 March, near Covel, without any memorial.
Hall, Edward : son of Edward : born at Munden, Herts. School : Guil[d]s-
borough, Northants., under M'' Worling. Admitted sizar under M"' Waterhouse
20 Jan. 169f. Age 14.
B.A. 170^; M.A. 1706. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 1694. His father was
rector of Aspley Guise, Beds. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1702 Sept. :
priest, Lincoln, 1709 Sept. : licensed to cure of Egginton chapel, in the parish
of Leighton Beaudesert (Buzzard), Herts. Rector of Hocklift'e, Beds. 7 Oct.
1713, patron, Adam Houghton. On tlie death of his father he was presented
by one Will. Ansell to Aspley 17 Oct. 1718 and a dispensation obtained from
Lambeth.
Hardy, John : son of Richard : born at Garstang, Lanes. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale, under M"' Firbank. Admitted pensioner under M'' Ducktield
4 Feb. 169f. Age 17.
Matric''. as Harvey : but Hardy in the Study-rents. One of these names
(with no degree) was vicar of Kinoulton near Nottingham 30 May 1729-35.
Afterwards vicar of Melton Mowbray, and chaplain to the Dowager Countess
of Lincoln. Married Mary Greene of Dunsby, Lines. Died 28 June 1740,
aged 60. Probably father of Richard adm. 1731, who was born and educated
at Nottingham : a Richard Hardy succeeded John at Kinoulton.
Fowler, Gervase : son of Samuel : born at Stonegravel, Derbs. School : Chester-
field, under M'' Browne. Admitted sizar under M' Waterhouse 5 Feb. 169y.
Age 17.
In residence before Mich''. 1697 : appears as D^ Fowler in Study-rents
Mich^ 1701: probably B.A. Mids. 1701: "B.A. 1708" in the Catalogus
Grad. Cant, must be an eiror. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1705 June (de-
.scribed as B.A., Christ's): priest, 1711 May. "Hypodidascalus" of Chesterfield
School. Probably rector of Langwith, Deibs. about eight miles east of Chester-
field 4 June 1719. Died 1 Feb. 17J,|, and buried at Chesterfield : M.I. (Glover,
2. 273).
Woolhouse, Williain Harker: [father not given]: born at Muskham, Notts.
School: not given. Admitted pensioner under M"' Duckfield 26 Feb. 1694.
Age 17.
Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169|.
Hall, Martin : son of Edward : born at Aspley Guise, Beds. School : Guil[d]s-
borough, under M'' Worling. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 19 Mar.
1694. Age 13.
B.A. 1702. Admitted scholar 20 Mar. 169f. Brother of Edward (above).
Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 170| Mar. : priest, Lincoln, 1709 Sept. :
licensed to curacy of Bow Brickhill, Bucks. Probably rector of High Laver,
Essex 23 Dec. 1727 : died there 1734.
Wilding, Richard : son of Thomas : born at Brotherton, Lanes. Educated by
M'' Forster. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield 17 April 1697. Age 17.
B.A. (Winding) 170° ; M.A. (Wilding) 1704. Admitted scholar (Willding)
21 Feb. 169|. Ordained deacon (Wilding), Lincoln, 1702 May: licensed to
Isley- Walton, Leics. : priest, London, 1703 May. Chaplain to the Bishop of
Ely. Rector of Throcking, near Buntingford [not in Clutterbuck]. Had dis-
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pensation 10 Jan. 170^ to hold also the rectory of Aspeden, distant about two
miles. Died before April 174:3.
Father of Richard (172f).
Burvill, Henry : son of James : born at Tilmerston, Kent. School : Rochester.
Admitted sizar under M'' Ducktield 21 Apr. 1697. Age 16.
B.A. 170A; M.A. 1704. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169^. At a Fellowship
election (at which he had the support of Dean Ullock and others) in 1702 the
votes were evenly divided between him and Will. Burrell (see below) : Matt.
Baines who seems to have been at Tonbridge came up to give his vote, which
he had promised some time before, for Burvill : this would have given him the
necessary majority. But Baines was induced to absent himself from the meeting
— -according to Burvill and five of his supporters, including John Boldero —
because Withers threatened him that his father the cook should be ruined
and all his kindred. Covel's name — he voted for Burrell — is not mentioned by
the five. There being no election, the matter went to the V.O. D'' Richardson,
who nominated Burrell : and Burrell was duly elected. Burvill was ordained
deacon, Rochester, 1703 Sept. Vicar of West Peckham, Kent 1709. Vicar
of Ryarsh, 5 June 1730-42 (Memorials of Mailing, 169).
Warren, Robert: son of Erasmus: born at Worrington [Worlington], Suffolk.
School : Bury, under M"' Leeds. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 7 June
1697. Age 17.
B.A. 170"; M.A. 1704; D.D. 1716. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169f. The
father Erasmus (1654) was rector of Worlington, near Mildenhall 166|^. The
son was ordained priest, Rochester, 170ij Jan. : appointed to Sir John Morden's
College, Blackheath. Rector of Charlton 28 Mar. 1704 : resigned it in 1736:
had dispensation 15 Nov. 1718 to hold also the rectory of Stratford-le-Bow,
Midds., distant three miles [?]. Vicar of Hampstead 173i^-1740. Died 1 June
1740. Gave £40 to the College : of which £20 was in lieu of his "treat" on
taking the D.D. degree. Author : Tlie. Rich Man's Charge, a sermon preached
at Morden College 6 Sept. 1711.
Brome, James : son of James : born at Nevingtons [Newington], Kent. School :
Canterbury, under M"' Atkins. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield 29 June
1697. Age 18.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1704. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169|. Son of James
(1666) rector of Cheriton and vicar of Newington, Kent, and traveller : father
of James (1739). Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1701 Dec. Chaplain to the Bishop
of Chester. Rector of Great Henny, Essex 8 Mar. 170|^: had dispensation
28 Nov. 1712 to hold the contiguous rectory of Pebmarsh, which he resigned
1716. Rector of Colne Wakes, Essex 24 July 1729. He seems to have been
there in 1768 (the date of Morant's Essex).
*Burrell, William : son of William : born at Bright-Lyn [Brightling], Sussex.
School : Saffron Walden, under M"' Kilborne. Admitted pensioner under
M-^ Duckfield 12 July 1697. Age 15.
B.A. 170i; M.A. 1705 ; D.D. {com. reg.) 1728, admitted 1729. Admitted
scholar 21 Feb. 169|. Elected Fellow (in place of Rob. Bevin) 27 Oct. 1702 :
for the circumstances, see under Hen. Burvill, above : admitted (according to
a note by the Master " upon a devolution in our election upon the Vice-
Chancellor and 2 Senior Doctors, by their Nomination and Assumption, and
in virtue of their Mandate to me directed bearing date Oct. 17, 1702. John
Govel." Ordained deacon, Chichester, 1702 Dec. : priest, Peterborough, 1706
May. Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting Preacher 1705. Praelector 1706.
Steward 1707. Succeeded his father as rector of Brightling in 1708. Resigned
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his fellowship before Nov. 1709. Chaplain to the King, 10 Jan. 172f. Had
dispensation 17 Oct. 1722 to hold with Brightling the vicarage of Icklesham,
distant 15 miles. Died, and buried at Brightling 12 May 1737.
Smith, Thomas : son of Ralph : born at Pipe-wood-houses, Staffs. Educated
[1 at Lichfield] by M' Shaw. Admitted sizar under M' Ducktield 10 Oct. 1697.
Age 17.
B.A. 170i. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169|. Ordained deacon as B.A. of
Christ's, Lincoln, 170| May, " sufficienter intitulatus" — whatever that may
imply: priest, Peterborough, 1707. Probably the Tho. Smith presented by
the College to Helpston, and vicar 1706-2G : buried at Helpston (Sweeting,
Peterborough Churches, 93).
Michell (Mitchell), Robert: [father not given] : born at Upwood, Hunts. School:
Eton, under M'' Newborough, Admitted pensioner under M"' Duckfield —
Oct. 1697. Age 17.
B.A. (Michell) 170J. Admitted scholar (Michell) 5 Jan. 169|.
Lewis, Bernard:
Admitted at Jesus College June 1697. Migrated to St John's where he
was admitted sizar under AP Orchard 2 Oct. 1697, as son of Geo. Lewis, clerk,
born and educated at Abergwilly, Carmarthenshire. B.A. (St John's) 170^;
M.A. 1704. First appears as of Christ's in York Register, " Bernard Lewis
M.A. of Christ's College," ordained priest, York, 1706 Sept. Rector of
Thorpe Bassett 2 Sept. 1 706 : patron, the Earl of Carlisle.
Bysshe (Bylshe), Thomas :
Son of Christopher, of Cuckfield, Sussex, pleb. Matric"*. at St John's, Oxford
9 July 1677, aged 17. B.A. from Oriel College 1681. Incorporated at
Cambridge: M.A. (Christ's) 1704. Rector of Tarring, Sussex 1698 (Al. Ox.
227) and of South Heighten : also vicar of Eastbourne 1704, distant eight miles,
by dispensation from Lambeth : he was chaplain to the Dowager Countess of
Anglesey : the vicarage was forfeited by reason of his not taking the oath of
abjuration : but his license was renewed 9 Oct. 1708 (Lambeth Register).
Heton, Thomas :
Son of James of Bolton, Lanes., pleb. Matric''. at Brasenose, Oxford 1 9 Jan.
169?, aged 20. B.A. 1694. Incorporated at Cambridge : M.A. (Christ's) 1704.
Rector of Hoi [y] well, Beds. 1701. Rector of Wyddial, Herts. 1718. {Al. Ox.
699.)
Pountney, Thomas :
Son of — , clerk. Matric". at St Mary Hall, Oxford 3 Jan. 1694. B. A., but
date not found. Incorporated at Cambridge: M.A. (Christ's) 1704; incor-
porated at Oxford 8 July 1704.
Birch (Burch), Joseph : son of Samuel : born in London. School : Westminster,
under M"' Nipe [D'' Knipe]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 2 1 Jan.
1691 Age 15.
M.B. (Birch) 1703. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169|. Possibly son of
Samuel (1675).
Johnson, Benjamin : son of OHver : born at Capell, Suffolk. Educated C? at home)
by M"' Coleman. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield 25 Jan. 169;-. Age 17.
B.A. 1701,. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169f.
Kifford, John [but by mistake for Henry] : son of Thomas : born in Cambridge,
near Christ's "cuius accola prius fuisset." School: King's College School,
under M'' Rosewell, Fellow of King's. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield
2 Feb. 169^. Age 17.
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B.A. (Heury) 170i ; M.A. 1705. Admitted scholar (Henry) 21 Feb. ITOf
Ordained deacon (Hen. Kifford), Norwich, 1703 Sept. : priest, 1704 Sept.
Rector of Dennington, Suffolk 1741. Died 1752 and buried at Halesworth
(Davy).
Paley, John : son of John : born at Long-[Lang-]clifFe, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 28 March
1698. Age 17.
B.A. 170i; M.A. 1709; incorporated Oxford 1709. Ordained deacon, York,
1704 Sept. : priest, 1706 June. Vicar of Hunslet, Leeds, 1718-173^ 13 Jan.,
when he died, aged 49. Perhaps also vicar of Kirkleatham in Cleveland
18 April 1723 : allowed leave of absence 25 Oct. 1726 : gone in 1732. Buried
at Hunslet : M.I. in old church (now demolished). Often referred to in
Thoresby's Diary : Thoresby, though a nonconformist, often went to hear him
preach 1720-3, and thought highly of him. Author of The whole duty of
Prayer, from the evidence of Reason and Revelation, with prayers for Evening
and Morning, 1730, Leeds. (W. B. Paley, Esq.) The connexion of this man
with the John Paley, supposed to be the first of LangclifFe, who had sons
Thomas b. 1675 and William b. 1680 (admitted here 16 June of this same
year) is not clear. Possibly John (the father) and the original William were
brothers.
Shaw, Thomas: son of John: born at Colchester. School: Brentwood. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M"' Waterhouse 30 Mar. 1698. Age 16.
LL.B. 1703. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169|. A John Shaw of St Ann's,
Colchester married about 1677 Anne, daughter of Tho. Broom, Serjeant-at-law,
and had sons John (who died without issue 1715) and Thomas, perhaps our
man: on John's death the family estate was sold (Morant, 1. 118). One
Tho. Shaw was vicar of Wyberton, Lines. 17 Oct. 1712, patron, John Shaw
(for this turn).
*Aynsley, Ralph : son of Mark : born at Gallowshill [in parish of. Bolam],
Northumb''. School : Durham, under M'' Rudd. Admitted sizar under
M-- Duckfield 7 May 1698. Age 18.
B.A. 170^; M.A. 1705. Signed first Aynsley : then regularly Anesley.
Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169f. Ordained deacon, London, 1702 May.
Elected Fellow 27 June 1704, succeeding Hen. Cook. Junior Dean, Cateohist
and Bunting Preacher 1708. Praelector 1708. Steward 1709. Senior Dean
1715, 1722. Scrutator for the University 1715. Had a very few pupils —
the last in 1711. Presented to Hapton 4 July 1717 : to Gately 9 Apr. 1718
(succeeding Rob. Withers who died there) : resigned it before 29 April 1724 :
the value being small he retained his Fellowship with it (it was afterwards
augmented by a beneficial lease of the rectory) : probably he did not reside.
On 25 Jan. 172| he was nominated together with Tho. Husband for Lord
Berkeley's usual selection for the rectory of Kegworth : but Lord Berkeley
chose M"' Husband. On 27 Mar. 1724 he was presented to Ingoldsby, vacant
by the death of Ri. Ward — the first presentation made by the College : his
fellowship was declared vacant 17 Jan. 172|. Died at Ingoldsby and buried
there 3 Jan. 17^^.
Aynsley was doubtless a Tory and politically, perhaps personally, hostile
to Towers. It was he and Boldero who induced Covel to declare Towers'
fellowship vacant in 1714, and probably he was the Fellow who ran Towers
hard for the Mastership in 172|. He was one of the four Fellows who
desired the V.C. to enquire into the circumstances of that election. Probably
he was not unwilling to get away from the College after 20 years of residence
in 1724. He seems not to have remained for his "year of grace."
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Paley, William : son of William : born at Long-[Lang-]cliffe, Yorks. School :
Giggleswick, under M' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield
16' June 1698. Age 17.
B.A. 170i; M.A. 1705. Ordained deacon, Worcester, 170|. One of these
names was vicar of Elshani, Lines. 13 June 1704, patron. Will. Thompson,
armiger. Son of William, who was perhaps the man who acquired the Lang-
cliS'e estate : see under Robert Paley (1616). The following pedigree shows
the connexion of the various members of the College of this name, so far as
known : I am indebted for it to M"' W. B. Paley, the present representative
of the younger branch.
— Paley of Langcliffe
William (?
Thomas William (1698)
George William (1729)
I 1 I
Thomas (3 s.) George William (1758)
(2 s.) John Green 3 .s. Tliomas (4 s.) Robert M.D. = Mary William Edmund
whence the present owner | |
of Langcliffe and of Ampton, Suffolk Thomas B.D.
I Fred. Apthorp Francis Henry (1844)
George Knowles (1880) |
W. B. Paley
Waterhouse, David : son of John : born at Wakefield. School : Wakefield, under
M"^ Armitage. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 9 May 1698. Age 18.
B.A. 1701; M.A. 1705. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169|. Brother of
Benjamin (169i). Ordained deacon, London, 1703 May: priest, Rochester,
1705; licensed "to Tunbridge Wells. Rector of Langley, Kent 171f-1758
Nov. 4, when he died (Al. Ox. 1506). He had three sons, all educated at
Oxford : Ben. at Univ. 1735 ; David at Ch. Ch. (afterwards rector of Langley
1759-80); and Thomas at Univ. 173f. {Al. Ox. ib.) Author: Epistolae sex
ad amicum de divinitate Christi, edited 1763 by his brother, Ben., vicar of
Hollingbourne.
Littlewood, Peter : son of Peter : born at Stabley [? Staveley], Derbs. School :
Stavele}', under M'' Edmonds. Admitted sizar under M'' Waterhouse 9 June
1698. Age not given.
B.A. 170^. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169f. Ordained deacon, Lichfield,
(probably) Sept. 1702; licensed to Holmesfield chapel in Drontield parish
20 Sept.: priest, 1704 June: licensed to Bi-ampton, Derbs.
Flasby, John : son of Edward : born at Overtown, Lanes. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 9 June 1698. Age 16.
B.A. 170|; M.A. 1706, incorporated at Oxford 1712. Ordained deacon,
Worcester, 170^: priest, Lincoln, 170| March; licensed to Westmill, Herts.
Vicar of Groton, Sufifolk 1704-36, when he died. Also vicar of Edwardstone
1706. {Al. Ox. 504:.) Buried at Groton 7 Dec. 1736. His only son, Joseph,
admitted at St John's 1727, was buried at Groton, June 1731.
England, Thomas : son of Richard : born at Buntingford. School : Buntingford,
under his father. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 20 June 1698. Age 16.
B.A. 170A; M.A. 1705. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169|. His father,
Richard, admitted 1667. Ordained deacon, London, 170| March : priest,
Norwich, 1706 December. Vicar of Westwell, Kent 20 Dec. 1711. Chaplain
1698 143
to Dowager Countess of Salisbury. On 4 June 1729 had dispensation to
hold also the vicarage of Wennington, distant two miles. A Tho. England
(but probably another, though no other is a graduate of either University),
died rector of Crich, Derbs. 7 Feb. 1730 (1 173J). (Cox, Derbs. Churches,
4. .52.)
Keate, William : son of James : born at Char(d)stock, Dorset. School : Chard.
Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 25 June 1698. Age 18: but (as the
praelector, John Broughton, implies) more ; " non Tyro, sed (si Barbae tides)
emeritus; annum agens (prout ipse modeste satis testatur) undevigesimum."
B.A. 170i. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169|. James Keate was of Wadham
and Exeter and vicar of Chardstock 1669. The praelector's suspicion as to
William's age makes it unlikely that he was the Rev. Sir Will. Keate, Bart.,
who died at Digswell, near Welwyn 6 Feb. 1757 aged 72 {Gent. Mag. p. 142) —
who would have been only 13 in 1698.
Lynsey, George : born in Northumberland : M. A. of the University of Edinburgh
(" e collegio prope Edenburgam "). Admitted (surety, M'' Duckfield) to the
Bachelors' Table "pro gradus dignitate. ''
Did not reside, so far as I find. One Geo. Lindsay was vicar of Alnham
St Michael, Northumberland : died vicar 1746.
Cooper, John [probably by error for William] : B.A. of Peterhouse : admitted in
order to proceed to M.A. Surety, M"' Duckfield.
B.A. (Will. Cooper) 169i (Pet.); M.A. (Christ's) 1698. One Will.
Cooper rector of Bolingbroke, Lines. 15 Dec. 1698 : one vicar of Friskney
3 Nov. 1703 : one rector of Fishtoft 14 July 1705.
Greggs, Switchcoat (Whichcott) : " ignoto sibi vel nomine tenus Patre suo,
natus vero, uti probe meminerit, apud Lyncolniam." School : Lincoln, under
M' Gramston [?Garmston]. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckworth 30 June
1698. Age 18.
B.A. (Whichcott Greggs) at Pembroke, 1705. The perversion of his
own name is as strange as his ignorance of his father's.
Mason, Edward: B.A. of Oxford four years before at "Balial." Admitted
1 July to take M.A. at Cambridge. Surety, M'' Broughton. Son of T. Mason,
pleb. : born at Monmouth, matric''. at Balliol 15 Dec. 1690, aged 17.
B.A. 1694; M.A. (Christ's) 1698. Rector of Hampton Bishop, co.
Hereford 1698, and of Bromyard (third portion) 1700. (Al. Ox. 982.)
Meadow, Edmund : son of Edmund : born at Bury St Edmunds. School : Bury,
under M"^ Edw. Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 8 July 1698.
Age 15.
Admitted scholar (Medow) 21 Feb. 169|. Resided (Meadows) till Mich'.
1701.
Baines, John : son of John " e nobis alter " : born in Cambridge. School :
Perse, Cambridge (" schola publica "), under M'' Sparks. Admitted pensioner
under M"- Lovett 8 July 1698. Age 14.
B.A. 170§; M.A. 1706. Admitted (Baynes) scholar 21 Feb. 169|.
Younger son of John the dp^'Mayftpos (see under Matthew, 1694): he signs
his own name Baynes, by a freak, as his kindred were all Baines. The last (and
at the time the only) pupil of M"' Lovett, to whom the cook remained faithful :
Baines kept in the Master's lodging, with his tutor (who also had rooms there)
till at least Mich". 1706 : the usual entry in the list of Fellows and their
pupils being " M"' Baines (the cook) for his son." Ordained deacon, London,
1706 Sept.: priest, 1708 Sept. : licensed to Lynn Regis. In 1718 he became
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reotor of Cockley Cley, Norfolk : on 8 Feb. 17ij he hail a dispensation to hold
also Ringstead St Andrew's (in the gift of the College) distant 20 miles. He
was chaplain to the Earl of Denbigh. He held Ringstead till 173.5 (? 1753).
Bulkley, Richard: only son and heir of Richard, Baron Bulkeley, Viscount Cashel:
born at Baron Hill (" sedes avita ") "props Bellomariscum," Anglesey. Edu-
cated at home, finally by M'' Trigg. Admitted as nobleman (" pro ordinis
sui dignitate "), under M' Duckfield 16 Aug. 1698. Age 16.
M. A. 1 700. Resided at the Master's "above the ante-chapel " till Lady Day
1701. Son of the third Viscount by Mary, daughter of Sir Phil. Egerton of
Egerton, Cheshire. Fourth Viscount Bulkeley of Cashel, 170L M.P. for
Anglesey 1 705-24. Gave in 1 702 to the restoration of the Chapel £21.1 2s. Od.
Constable of Beaumaris Castle ; and of Carnarvon 1713. Married Lady
Bridget Bertie, daughter of James, Earl of Abingdon ; had two sons, the
fifth and sixth Viscounts. Died at Bath, 1724, aged 41. (Collins, 8. 16.)
Butler, Jacob : son of John, LL.D. : born at Wallington, Herts. School :
Bishop Stortford, under M'' Tooke. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield
16 Aug. 1698. Age 16.
B.A. 170| ; M.A. 1706. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 169f. John, the father,
who married Susanna Bodendick, was rector of Wallington. Barrister at
law : proprietor of an estate at Barnwell, Oarabs. where he lived and died.
Six feet four inches in height and very eccentric. Married Rose, daughter of
— Clerk, rector of Somerby. He erected in Barnwell Church three tablets to
his ancestors and three more autobiographical, leaving the dates of the death
of himself and iiis wife to be filled in. These three are printed at length in
Cooi)er's Annals, 4. 336-9, and are curious, but too long to give here. They
describe his " invariable steadiness in the cause of Liberty, which would have
entitled him to rewards in any age or country where Virtue was not a
crime and Corruption the safest path to Honour." His virtue was chiefly
shewn in fighting with the Corporation. Once (in 1754) he offered himself as
a candidate for Parliament, but without success : but entitled himself justly
to the name of the Old Briton. His labours in the cause of freedom were
many. He fought a M' Sindrey an alderman of the town who (like Ahab
king of Israel) wanted his neighbour's propei'ty on which to erect a dog-kennel ;
here M'' Butler was successful in his action. Edward Gillam, a farmer of
Cambridge, would plough 30 acres of the Lammas land south of Cambridge :
whereby " all the sheep were damaged in their feed much more in their
winter layer " : hence another successful action. He ended his life 28 May
1765 aged 84, and Rose Butler 5 May 1778 aged 87 : they were both buried
in the same grave made by him on the south side of the chancel.
Robinson, Brian : son of Christopher : born at Clapham, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M'' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield 30 Jan.
169f Age 19.
B.A. 170f. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170^. Author : A Treatise on
Animal Economy (Cooper and Le Keux, where he is called M.D. — but not of
Cambridge). An Essay on Coin, London, 1758. Also A Dissertation on the
Aether of Sir Isaac Newton, 1743.
Weatherhead, Anthony : son of Anthony : born at Giggleswick. School :
Giggleswick, under M"' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield
30 Jan. 169f. Age 16.
B.A. 170|. Ordained deacon, York, 1704 Sept. : priest, 1706 June. Usher
at Giggleswick 12 Mar. 1704. Licensed to Normanton grammar school 1730.
Vicar of Holme (near Burnley, Lanes.) 1742-60, when he died, aged 80
1699 145
(Whitaker, Whalley, 2. 207 — but the age does not quite agree). According to
Gent. Mag. 1749, 4776, he was vicar of Winterton, Lines. I can find only
one of these names.
Moss(e) Charles : son of Robert, of Norfolk. School : Norwich, under M"' Burton.
Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 7 Feb. 169|. Age 15.
B.A. 170|; M.A. 1706; M.D. 1713. Admitted (Mosse) scholar 21 Feb.
1695^. Practised medicine at Kingston-on-HuU. Died 1731, aged 46.
(Poulson, 758.)
Barker, William : son of James : born at Winwick, Lanes. School : Warrington,
under M' Shaw. Admitted sizar under M"' Withers 9 Feb. 169f. Age 16.
B.A. 170§. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170f.
Hodson (or Hodgson), John : son of John : born at Ringste[a]d, Norfolk.
School : Brancaster, under his father. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield
11 Apr. 1699. Age 1.5.
B.A. 170|. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170^. Son of John (1669):
brother of Henry (169^). Ordained deacon, Lincoln, by letters dimissory
from Norwich, 1703 May. One of these names was rector of Thurstaston,
Cheshire 1705-52. (Ormerod-Helsby, 2. 510.)
*Moor (or More), John : son of John [husbandman] : born at Middleton, West-
moreland. School : Sedber[gh] [for four years], under M'' Wharton. Admitted
(after residing one year at St John's) pensioner under M'' Withers 27 June
1699. Age 19.
B.A. 170i ; M.A. 1705. Admitted scholar (More) 21 Feb. 170^— later he
always signs Moor : Covel always writes him More. Elected Fellow in place
of Simon Every, 19 Apr. 1704. Ordained deacon, York, 1704 Sept. : priest,
Ely, 1705 Sept. Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting Preacher 1706. Prae-
lector 1707. Steward 1708. Senior Dean 1714. Took a few pupils — •
averaging about ten in all, between 1709 and 1714. One of the Fellows
who appealed to tiie V.C. against the Master's action in appointing Boldero
President in 1714. He seems to have died suddenly: he was buried in the
ante-chapel 22 Dec. 1714, aged 34 : but no memorial of him is there now.
Swann, Richard : son of Robert : born in London. School : Cambridge (Pei'se),
under M' Sparkes. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 28 Apr. 1699.
Age 17.
B.A. 170|; M.A. 1707. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170^. Ordained
deacon, Peterborough, 1705 June. Perhaps rector of Freckenham, Sufiblk
(Davy).
Wilson, Benjamin : son of Louis : born in London. School : Eton, under M'' New-
burgh. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield 3 July 1699. Age 18.
Resided till Mich". 1700.
Foster (Forster), Richard : son of Richard : born in Cambridge. School :
Camljridge [King's College School], under M'' Rosewell. Admitted sizar under
M-- Duckfield 7 July 1699. Age 15.
B.A. (Foster) 170f ; M.A. 1716. Admitted scholar (Foster) 19 Feb. 170f.
Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1706 Sept.
Hampson, John: son of John : born in Cambridge. School : Cambridge [King's
College School], under M'' Rosewell. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield
7 July 1699. Age 14.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1709. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|. There is a
Latin letter from him to Covel (10. Kal. Apr. 170f) written from Cambridge
c. c. R. II. 10
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while still B. A., describing how he joined a crowd to go to an execution ; how
moved by the last words of one of the criminals he expressed a belief in his
possible salvation ; for which he was fiercely attacked by " fanaticus quidam."
(Add. Mss. 22911, p. 95.) Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1706 Sept. : priest,
Ely, 1708 Sept. : curate of East Church, Isle of Sheppey. Probably curate
of Kegworth (of which Covel remained rector) : his wife, Mary, to whom he
had been married two months, died there in 1714 : and he followed her 18 Aug.
1716, aged 33 : " humanis functus miseriis, hie in Cliristo obdormivit " are the
words (probably his own) which end his epitaph (Nichols, Tojwgraphica, 8.
1444).
Rutter (afterwards Rutterforth), George : son of Thomas : born at Tadlow,
Cambs. School : Wrestlingworth, under M'' Bristow. Admitted sizar under
M'-Duckfield 7 July 1699. Age 17.
B.A. (Rutterforth) 170| ; M.A. 1719. Admitted scholar (Rutterforth)
19 Feb. 170j. Brother of Tho. Rutter (1695). The family seems to have
changed its name about 1700, after Thomas had graduated. Geo. Rutterforth
was ordained deacon, Ely, 1705 Sept. : priest, Peterborough, 1707 Sept.
Chaplain to the Earl of Bradford. Vicar of Buhner, Essex 9 June 1708
(patron, John Brown, gent.). Had dispen-sation to hold also Otton Belchamp,
distant two miles, 24 Nov. 1720. He also held Belchamp- Walter. Died 1751.
Cudworth, Robert : son of Charles : born at Hornsey, Midds. School : Oxford
[? King Edward's], under M' Badgworth. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield
22 July 1699. Age 17.
Probably never resided. Probably a grandson of D'' Cudworth, and son of
Charles who married in India : see page 49 : any son of that marriage could
not have been more than 15| at this time — but the age here given may be
wrong.
Coldham, James : son of James : born in Norfolk. Admitted fellow-commoner,
under M' Duckfield 20 Sept. 1699. Age not given.
Probably never resided. Perhaps of Aumer Hall : see Burke, L.G. (1871),
259.
Bradbury, Wentworth : son of Thomas : born at Mildenhall, Sufi'olk. School :
Bury, under M^ Edw. Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield
19 Dec. 1699. Age 16.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1707. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170f. Ordained
deacon, Norwich, 1706 Sept. : priest, 170f March : licensed to Herringswell,
Suffolk. Chaplain to the Earl of Bristol. Rector of Wicken Bonant, Essex
26 Nov. 1720. On 22 Nov. 1721 had dispensation to hold also the vicarage
of Arkesden, distant one mile. Died about Feb. 1761 (1765 according to
Morant, 2. 588). In 1704 the advowson of Moulton (not yet purchased by
Christ's College) was leased for a year to Tho. Bradbury. In 1718 the same
was granted by Wentworth Bradbury to Joli. Delamere.
Drew, John :
Son of John, clerk, of Stourton, Wilts. Matriculated at Oriel College,
Oxford 30 Oct. 1690.
B.A. 1694. Incorporated at Cambridge: M.A. (Christ's) 1706. Rector
of Kingston Deverell 1706 (Al. Ox. 425). '
Sugden, Joshua : son of John : born at " Shelf," Yorks. School : Hippenhorm
[Hipperhohne near Halifax]. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 27 Jan.
169^. Age 17.
B.A. 170f; M.A. 1707. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170f Ordained
deacon, York, J 705 June.
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Brook[s]bank, Joseph : son of Gilbert : born at Horton, Yorks. School :
Bradford, under M' Clapham. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield 27 Jan.
1691. Age 16.
B.A. 170|. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 1705. Ordained deacon, York,
1707 Sept.: priest, 1709 June. Licensed to Luddenden Chapel, Halifax
16 Aug. 1728.
Pool, John : son of John : born at Bobingworth, Essex. School : North Weal
[Weald], under M"' Huit. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 31 Jan. 169^.
Age 16.
B.A. 170f. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170^. Ordained deacon, London,
170|^ March : priest, Chichester (for London), 1706 -Dec. Probably rector of
Farnham, Essex 24 Dec. 1706 : patron, Joh. Poole, gent. Died 1728 (Morant,
2. 625).
Hodson, Henry: son of John: born at Titchwell, Norfolk. School: Brancaster,
under his father. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 20 Mar. 169^. Age 16.
B.A. 170J. Subscribed the Declaration (doubtless as scholar) 19 Feb.
170|. Brother of John (1699). Ordained deacon at Westminster by Bishop
Waice of Lincoln 1707 June : licensed to Piaithby and Sutterby, Lines. Rector
of Conisholme, Lines. 10 Dec. 1711. Married in 1715 Mary, daughter of
D"' Ingram More, rector of Maltby, Lines. Vicar of Headcorn, Kent (collated
by D-- Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury) 2 Oct. 1716-23. Rector of Sand-
hurst 1722-1753, when he resigned. Died 24 Dec. 1771.
Carew, Isaac : son of Thomas : born at Waldingfield, Suffolk. School : Bury,
under M' Leydes (Leeds). Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 2 Apr. 1700.
Age 17.
B.A. 170f; M.A. 1707. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170S. Vicar of
Wickham Market 1707 till his death 22 Sept. 1750.
Cleiveland (Cleaveland), John : son of William : born at Bridgnorth, Salop.
School : Rugby, under M'' Holyoke. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield
23 April 1700. Age 17.
B.A. (Cleiveland) 170f ; M.A. 1707. Son of William, vicar of Dudley, by
his wife Eliz. Rogerson of Bridgnorth : brother of Thomas (17f|). Admitted
scholar (Cleiveland) 2 1 Feb. 1 70f . Ordained deacon (Cleiveland), Worcester,
1705 Aug. : priest, 1708 Sept. Rector of Himley St Michael, Staffs. 13 July
1710. Married (1) Mary Colles, by whom he had three children Mary, Will.
and John, who all died young : (2) Cath. Grove, by whom he had a daughter,
Cath. who died an infant. Died at Himley 17 Apr. 1745.
Ashton, William : son of Thomas : born at Falksworth [Folksworth], Hunts.
School : Oundle, under M'' Cawdwell (Caldwell). Admitted sizar under M'' Duck-
field 21 May 1700. Age 17.
B.A. 170f. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170f
Turner, Charles : son of William : bom at Roucham [Rougham], Suffolk. School :
Lavenham, under M"^ Drift. Admitted sizar under M"^ Boldero 24 May 1700.
Age 17.
B.A. 170|. Ordained deacon, London, 170| March: priest, 1707 June.
Tatham, William : son of John : born at Ireby [? Ireleth], Lanes. [Elsewhere said
to have been born at Thornton ? near Poulton-le-fylde, Lanes.] School : Kirk by
Lonsdale, under M'' Firbank. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 28 May
1700. Age 17.
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B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1707. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 1705.. Ordained deacon,
London, 1706 Sept.: priest, Ely, 1707 Dec. Chaplain to the Earl of Dunmore.
Rector of Wormingford, Essex 23 Feb. 1709-60. Had dispensation 28,Oct.
1717 to hold also the rectory of Polstead, Suffolk, distant five miles : and in
Dec. 1720 to hold also the rectory of Wiston (or Wissington), Suffolk, distant
two miles. Died 1760. His son John admitted 1752.
Drayton, John : son of George : born at Burton on Trent. School : Burton,
under M' Shilton. Admitted sizar under M"^ Duckfield 30 May 1700. Age 18.
B.A. 170f. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 1702 Ordained deacon, Lichfield,
1704 June. Vicar [1] of Newton Solney, Derbs. on the nomination of Sir Henry
Every.
Booth, Charles : son of George : born at Weston, Yorks. School : Bradford,
under M"' Clayton. Admitted sizar under M' Duckfield 31 May 1700.
Age 19.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1715. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170§. Ordained deacon,
York, 1704 June : curate of Rawdon chapel in the parish of Guiseley, Yorks.
1704 June: priest, 1706 Sept.
Freeman, Aubrey : third son of Ralph, armiger : born at Aspeden Hall, Herts.
School : Stortford, under M'' Tooke. Admitted pensioner under M'' Duckfield
18 June 1700. Age 15.
Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170^. Resided till Lady Day 1702. His mother
was Eliz., daughter of Sir John Aubrey of Llanthridred. He died young
(Clutterbuck, 3. 348).
Jackson, John : son of George : born at Bradford. School : Bradford. Admitted
pensioner under M'' Duckfield 27 June 1700. Age 18.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1708. One of these names signs on 25 Nov. 1726 as
minister of Stretford, Manchester.
Berrow, Capell : son of John: born at Watford. School: Charterhouse ("apud
Carthusianos "). Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 28 June 1700. Age not
given.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1712. Perhaps brother of Richard (167f) and of John
(1682). Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170^ Ordained deacon, London, 1706
Sept. : priest, 1707 Sept. Licensed to chapel of Totteridge, Herts. Sept.
1709. Rector of Northill, Beds, circa 1711 : died rector 28 Oct. 1751, aged 77
after residing at Northill for 40 years.
Antill, John : [but matric'*. as William rightly] : son of John : born at Whatton,
Leics. School : Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 3 July
1700. Age 19.
LLB. (Will.) 1709. Admitted scholar (Will.) 21 Feb. 170|. One of these
names was rector of Lambley, Notts. : and died before June 1714.
Sherlock, William : son of Thomas : born at Buntingford. School : Buntingford.
Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield (after one year at Jesus College) : date not
given, but early in 1700. Age not given.
B.A. 170| ; M.A. 1707. Admitted scholar 10 Feb. 169^. Ordained deacon,
1707 June: priest, 1708 Sept. Curate of Deptford 22 Nov. 1716: stipend
£35. Chaplain to the Earl of Huntingdon. Rector of Little Burstead, Essex
1723. Had dispensation to hold also the annexed rectories of St George,
Botolph Lane, and of St Botolph, Billingsgate — distant 17 miles — 28 Oct. 1725.
Died 1736.
Hopkins, William : Oxoniensis. Admitted in order to take M.A. degree. No
date given.
1700 149
Son of Charles, clerk, born at Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. Matric''. at Oriel,
Oxford 23 Apr. 1693, aged 18. B.A. 1696; M.A. (Christ's) 1700. Vicar of
Horton Kirby, Kent 1698 (Foster, Al. Ox. 744) : received dispensation for non-
residence 25 Mar. 1699. Ordained priest, Rochester, 1698 (at Westminster).
Shaw, Robert : Oxoniensis. Admitted to take M. A. degree. Date not given.
Matric''. (plebeius) at Brasenose, Oxford 1693, aged 18. B.A. 1696 ; M.A.
(Christ's) 1700. Rector of Handley, Chesh. 1703 {Al. Ox. 1341).
Hemsworth, George : Oxoniensis. Admitted to take M.A. degree. No date given.
Son of Francis : born at Berkhampstead. Matric''. at Christ Church, Oxford
31 Mar. 1691, aged 16. B.A. 1694; M.A. (Christ's) 1700. {Al. Ox. 692.)
Ordained priest, London, 1703 Dec.
Sherman, William: [father not given] : born at Felstead, Essex. School ; Felstead.
Admitted sizar under M"' Sherwill 3 Sept. 1700. Age 16.
B.A. 1704. Admitted scliolar 19 Feb. 170j. Admitted at the Middle
Temple, 6 June 1702. Resided till Easter 170| — having given up the study
of Law. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1704 March : priest, Ely, 1707. Vicar of
Rushmere, Suffolk 23 Dec. 1707, patron Sir Sam. Barnardiston.
Viney, Westerdale : son of John : born at Colchester ["Augusta Trinobantum"].
School : Gloucester (" Gloverniae "), under M' Wheeler. Admitted pensioner
under M'' Duckfield 23 Sept. 1700. Age 16.
Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170f Resided till June 1704. John, the father,
who was of Magd. Hall, Oxford was also of the Middle Temple and a Master
of the Bench. The son was admitted there 6 June 1702.
Bigland, Robert : son of Edward, serjeant-at-law : born at Nottingham. School :
Eton, under M'' Newburgh. Admitted pensioner under M'' Burton 18 Nov.
1700. Age 16.
Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170^. Resided till Lady Day 1702. Admitted
at Gray's Inn 4 Dec. 1699. Died unmarried (Foster, Lanes, pedigrees). The
family was of Bigland Hall, Lanes.
M"' Serjeant Edw. Bigland of Gray's Inn as " a grateful tenant " gave £10
in 1702 to the restoration of the Chapel. He was of Long Whatton, Leics.
and M.P. for Nottingham : married Anne, daughter of Peter Richier M.D. ;
and died 1704 (Burke, H.C. 3. 239).
Bradshaw, George : son of John : born at Bi-ampton, Yorks. School : Eton,
under M' Newberry (Newburgh). Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Duck-
field 23 Nov. 1700. Age 16.
Resided " at the Master's, over the parlour " till Lady Day 1703. Admitted
(as of Brampton in Treeton — near Rotherham) at the Middle Temple 6 July
1699. Son of John Bradshaw (Sheriff of Derbs. 1717, being then settled at
Eyam), by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Anthony Eyre (1650) of Rampton,
Notts, (see Glover, Derhs. 2. 219). Probably Recorder of Doncaster (Hunter,
S. Yorks. 1. 33). Married Helen, daughter of Rob. Roper of East Derby, Lanes.
Died 23 Dec. 1735, aged 52 and buried in Doncaster church: M.I. which
describes him as " in litibus dirimendis sagax et integer, in legibus exsequendis
fidus et intrepidus " (Hunter, 2. 43).
Robinson, Gervase : son of John, miles : born at Denson [Denston], Suff. School :
Eton, under M'' Newberry (Newburgh). Admitted pensioner under M'' Duck-
field 3 Dec. 1700. Age 16.
Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170f Resided till Lady Day 1702.
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Le Grice, John : son of John : born at Bury St Edmunds. School: Bury, under
M'' Leeds. Admitted sizar under M'' Burton 23 Dec. 1700. Age 18.
B.A. 170i. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1706 Sept.
Hargreaves, Robert :
Son of James, clerk, of Colne, Lanes. Matric''. at Brasenose, Oxford,
15 July 1G93, aged 17.
B.A. 1697. Incorporated at Cambridge: M.A. (Christ's) 1707: incorporated
at Oxford 8 July 1707 {Al. Ox. 651). One Rob. Hargreaves rector of Langton
on Swale, Yorks. 2 Sept. 1746. Vicar of Harewood, Yorks. 11 Aug. 1747:
both livings vacant in 1754.
Bird, Drury : son of John : born at Knapwell, Cambs. School : King's College,
Cambridge, under M'' Rosewell. Admitted sizar under M"' Duckfield 5 Feb.
170f Age 17.
B.A. 170i. Ordained deacon, Chichester, 1705 May: priest, 1708 May.
One of these names vicar of Bolney, Sussex 1 Jan. 170f.
Byam, Samuel: son of Willoughby : born in Antigua, whence he came to England,
aged 8. School : Camberwell, under M'' Lamberth. Admitted pensioner under
M'- Ducktield 28 Feb. 170?. Age 17.
The first of four or tive admitted here of the family of Byam which was of
some importance in the West Indies. (See History of Antigua, 1. 69-101.)
William Byam of Luccombe, Somerset and of T.C. "Dublin (1622-70) left
England for Antigua about 1650. He had two sons, Edward, Governor of
the Leeward Islands, who had three sons Edward (admitted 1708), William
(1720) and Francis (1726): the second was Willoughby (1657-90) who had
two sons, William and this Samuel : lie was a lieut. -colonel and died of his
wounds at St Christopher's 1690. Sam. Byam resided till December 1704 as
a pupil first of M"' Duckfield, then after Duckfield's death of M'' Sherwill. He
became a major in the army : married Eliz., daughter of Geo. Clark of Antigua,
and had one son Sam. who was admitted at Queen's, Oxford 1729. He died
intestate 1712 (Hist. p. 101).
Smith, George : son of John : born at Richmond. School : Richmond, under M''
Will. Thomson. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 17 March 1702. Age 18.
B.A. 170|-. One of these names was rector of Bag Enderby, Lines. 20 Feb.
171i^ : and doubtless also of the adjoining parish of Somersby : in which church
he was buried June 1729.
Pennell (or Pannell), Peter: son of Peter: born at Rudgley [Rugeley], Staffs.
School : Rugeley, under M'' Tomkinson. Admitted sizar under M"' Burton
13 ]\Lay 1701. Age 18.
B.A. 170i ; M.A. 1708 (Pennell). Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1705 Sept.
and licensed to preach in the diocese : priest, 1717 Sept. Perhaps master of
King's Bromley school, Stafis. in 1715 (see under Geo. Lawton). Probably
vicar of King's Langley in 1725 where his son David (adm. 1742) was born and
educated by his father.
Raikes, Robert : son of Robert : born at Northallerton. School : Eton, under
M'' Newburroug (Newburgh). Admitted pensioner under M"' Ducktield 23 May
1701. Age 17.
Resided under M"' Duckfield and then under M"' Sherwill till Mich. 1703.
Admitted at Gray's Inn 24 June 1700. He lived at Gloucester, and in 1722
he founded the Gloucester Journal one of the oldest country newspapers. He
married a daughter of the Rev. R. Drew, by whom he was father of Robert
the "promoter of Sunday schools " (D.N. B.) who carried on his father's business
as a printer at Gloucester. Died 7 Sept. 1757 {ib. under his son).
1701 151
Cocksedge, William : son of William : born at Rougham, Suffolk. School : Laven-
ham, under M'' Drift. Admitted sizar under M'' Boldero 9 June 1701. Age 18.
E.A. 170f.
Towne, Leonard: son of John: born at Sudbrooke, Lines. School: Grantham,
under M'' Burnet. Admitted sizar under M'' Duckfield 26 June 1701. Age 18.
B.A. 170y. Subscribed as scholar 1 9 Feb. 170|. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1 70f March ; licensed to Kirkby-le-Thorpe and Asgarby : priest, 1 709 Sept.
Rector of Booth by Graffoe, Lines. 30 Oct. 1709, patron. Will. Thompson, gent.
Walton, John : son of Thomas : born at Knarsdale, Northumb''. School : Lowther,
under M"' Tho. Lodge. Admitted sizar under M'' Sher will 4 July 1 70 1 . Age 1 8.
Resided till Lady Day 1703. Admitted scholar Feb. 170|. One of these
names vicar of Melchbourn, Beds. 7 Apr. 1715, patron, Lord St John.
1 Schoolmaster of Carlisle 1710, and Corbridge 1719 [enquiry made May
1910 by J. W. Robinson, Brokenheugh, Haydon 'Bridge. F.K.P.].
Sturges, John : son of John, clerk in Holy Orders : born at Hartford, Hunts.
School : Charterhouse, under M'' Walker. Admitted sizar under M"' Sherwill
4 July 1701. Age 15.
B.A. 1701; M.A. 1709. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170f. John, the
father, admitted 1667, was vicar of Hartford 1684-9. The son was ordained
deacon, Norwich, 1710 July. Rector of Halton, Lines. 11 June 1711, patron,
the Bishop of Norwich. Rector of Chilbolton, Hants. 19 April 1 722-23. Rector
of Wonston with Sutton, Hants. 13 May 1723. Prebendary of Winchester
1721, till his death 11 Oct. 1740 (called B.D., but probably by error, Le Neve,
3. 36). Left Selden's Works to the Library. He subscribed in 1727 to
D'' John Spencer's De legibus HebrceoriLm.
Salmon, William : son of Thomas : born at Mepsall, Herts, [probably Meppershall,
near Shefford, Beds.]. School : Buntingford, under M'' England. Admitted
pensioner under M'' Duckfield 3 Nov. 1701. Age 16.
B.A. 170y. Admitted scholar 4 May 1702. Ordained deacon, Norwich,
1708 Aug. ; licensed to Wickhambrook : priest, Worcester, 1709.
Carter, Charles : son of Greenough : born at Gazeley, Suff. School : Bury, under
M"' Leeds. Admitted sizar under M'' Burton 22 Dec. 1701. Age 18.
B.A. 170|. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 1704. Ordained deacon, Norwich,
1 706 May : priest, 1 70|- March ; licensed to Culford, Suffolk. Rector of
Culford 1709-55: also of Ingham and Timworth, 1741-55. Also curate of
Denham 1743-55 — but did not keep the registers. I^Deahani Parish Reyisters,
p. 285.)
Hall, Henry :
Matric". pen. 1701 Apr. Admitted scholar 21 Feb. 170^. B.A. 170f ;
M.A. 1707. Ordained deacon, London, 1706 Sept. : priest, Lincoln, 1709 Sept. ;
licensed to cure of Aspeden and Throcking, Herts. Vicar of Elmdon, Essex
1711-19. Rector of Fowlmere, Cambs. 1719-51. Inherited a fortune from
one Rumbold, his uncle, who kept the Rose Tavern, Cambridge. Bought a
house at Hildersham, which was built by Conyers Middleton. Married a
Miss Wilmot of Wenden, who died of small pox at Saffron Walden : had a son
Tho. Rumbold Hall, who was B.A. (St John's) 1744, lived at Hildersham, and
was Sheriff of Cambs. 1780 {St John's Admissions, 3. 509). Died at Fowlmere
17 Feb. 175|, aged 74. (Information from Rev. A. C. Yorke.)
Long, Charles :
M.A. 1709. Perhaps the same as the Cha. Longe [but given as different in
the Gat. Grad.] admitted 1685, B.A. 168f. There was a Cha. Long, almost
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contemporaneous at Ch. Ch., Oxford, mat. 1703; B.A. 1707; M.A. 1710: he
is not given in AL Ox. 936 as having incorporated M.A. at Cambridge — if it
were possible that he should do so in 1709.
Macro, Cox : son of Thomas, alderman of Bury. School : Bury, under M"' Leeds.
Admitted at Jesus College : then at Christ's, pensioner under M"' Burton,
19 Jan. 170i, in order that he might enjoy better health " niutato caelo," and
also be taught medicine more perfectly, as two distinguished Doctors of Medicine
[presumably D'' Hobart and D'' Thurston] were then "flourishing" at Christ's.
Age 18.
LL.B. 1710; D.D. {com. reg.) 1717. Thomas, his father, was grocer, alderman
and five times Mayor of Bury : his mother was Susan Cox, great granddaughter
of Richard, Bishop of Ely. Resided till Midsummer 1703 : on 3 Sept. he
entered at Leyden to study medicine. Chaplain to George II. A wealthy
man : he passed the life of an antiquary at Little Haugh, Norton, Suff. till his
death, aged 84, 2 Feb. 1767 : he was buried at Norton. He was "a master of
most of the modern languages," and "a very learned and amiable man, the most
complete scholar and gentleman united that almost ever I saw " (Ri. Hurd).
He left valuable coins and medals, books, and mss. — among these last all
Covel's Collections. A catalogue was compiled of all his treasures in 1766.
They passed into various hands, through his daughter and heiress, Mary, who
married Will. Stainforth of Leeds, probably a kinsman of Will. Stainforth,
Fellow 1734-8 — partly into the hands of Sir Tho. Phillips, partly into the
library of the Gurneys of Keswick Hall, Norwich. See a fuller account of
their history in D.N.B.
Pinfold, William : son of Thomas, miles : born at St Benedict's, Paul's Wharf.
School : Merchant Taylors', under D'' Shorting. Admitted pensioner under
M>- Burton 9 March 1701 Age 17.
LL.B. (Trin. Hall) 1707. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|.
Charge, Robert: son of John : born at Cheisby [probably Cleasby] in Richmond -
shire. School : Lichfield, under M'' Shaw. Admitted sizar under M"' Burton
21 Mar. 170i. Age 18.
B.A. 170|. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170§.
Holland, Thomas : son of Thomas, armiger : born in Anglesey. School : Ruthin,
under M"' Winn. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Duekfield 24 Mar.
170i. Age 17.
The last pupil admitted under M'' Duekfield, who died before the end of
April : transferred to M' Withers, under whom he resided till Lady Day 170.5.
Garnies, Wentworth John : son of Nathaniel : born at Kenton, Suffolk. School :
Stonham, under M'' Sam. Stevenson. Admitted pensioner under M"' Burton
7 April 1702. Age 17.
Resided till Mids. 1703. Born 1684, son of Nat. Garnies of Mickfield,
Suffolk, and of Jane, daughter of Joh. Jeffery, vicar of Kenton. Had lands in
Debenham, Bedingfield and Winston. Married Eliz. Eames, and had three
sons, Charles, Thomas and John. Died 1728 aged 44 (Suckling, 1. 93: Muskett,
1. 192). A brother, Charles, admitted 1706.
Smith, William : son of Edward : born at Hatton Garden, London. School :
Charterhouse, under M'' Walker. Admitted pensioner under M'' Burton 20 April
1702. Age 16.
Resided till Xmas 1704. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|.
Hopkins, Hugh : son of Marmaduke: born at Colchester. School : Cheneys, Bucks.,
under M"' Burroughs. Admitted sizar under M' Burton 27 April 1702. Age 17.
1702 153
B. A. 170f. Admitted scholar 6 March 1704. Perhaps son of Marmaduke,
admitted 1665 : but he was rector of St Vedast, London before 1705, when
apparently Hugh was bom.
Coy tmore, Roger : son of Richard : born at Holywell, Flint. School : Ruthin, under
M' Winn. Admitted sizar under M"' Withers, 29 April 1702. Age 17.
Resided till Lady Day 1703.
Rymer, John : son of Samson : born at Ainderby Steeple, Richmondshire. School :
Richmond, under M'' Thomson. Admitted sizar under M' Sherwill 30 Apr.
1702. Age IG.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1715. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|. Lecturer of
St Nicholas Church, Durham and also Head-master of Durham school, before
1717-1732. Died 11 Feb. 173|.
Bourne, Obadiah : son of Obadiah : born at Ashover, Derbs. School : Chester-
field, under M'' Brown. Admitted pensioner under M'' Sherwill 2 May 1702.
Age 18.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1709. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|. Brother of
Samuel (1695) : younger son of Obadiah, rector of Ashover for 50 years, who
died 1710. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1707 June: priest, Peterborough,
1708 May. Curate 171 1 of Ash, Kent. Succeeded his brother Samuel rector
of Ashover (1710^19) on 13 June 1719. Had dispensation 22 Oct. 1728 to
hold also the rectory of Croxall, distant 25 miles. Doubtless Chaplain to the
Bishop of Rochester 21 Oct. 1728. Married Rebecca, daughter of John Lynch
of Grove in Kent, who died 1754, aged 62. Died 6 Oct. 1763, aged 80 (Nichols,
Leics. 2. 121; 4. 34: Hunter, F.M.G. 347).
Clarke, George : son of Henry : born at Rathmill, Yorks. School : Giggleswick,
under M' Arm[it]stead. Admitted sizar under M'' Burton 7 May 1702. Age 19.
B.A. 170f. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170|. Ordained deacon, York, 1706
June: priest, 1707 June.
Maynard, Thomas : son of the Hon. William, armiger : born in Bow parish,
London. School : Bury, under M"' Leeds. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M"' Burton 2 June 1702. Age 16.
Resided at the Master's, " over the ante-chapel," till Lady Day 1704. Grand-
son of William, second Baron Maynard : son of William (brother of Banester,
the third Baron) by his wife Susan Eyans of Bow : first cousin of Banester
(1694) and of Charles (1707). Commissioner of the Customs 1723. Gave £10
to the restoration of the Chapel in 1701. Died unmarried, 1742: buried at
Hoxne church, where is a large monument with full sized figure, bearing
inscription telling nothing (S.H.A.H.).
Pickering, Sidney : son of Sidney : born at Battersea, Surrey. School : Oundle,
under M'' Caldwell. Admitted pensioner under M"' Burton 15 June 1702.
Age 16.
Resided as pensioner under (1) M"' Burton, (2) M'' Burrell till Mich^ 1707;
at Xmas he appears as " M"' " Pickering {i.e. a fellow-commoner, for he took no
degree) and remains till Lady Day 1710 ! His father, Sidney, a London mer-
chant, was third son of Sir Gilbert Pickering of Titmarsh, Northants. (1613
-68) by his first wife Eliz., daughter of Sir Sidney Montagu of Hinchinbrook
(1588) : he married Honor, daughter of Sir Henry Pickering of Whaddon,
Cambs. : a younger brother, Theopliilus was at Sidney, and D.D. 1705. The
younger Sidney I cannot trace.
Belt, Robert : son of Robert : born at Bossall, Yorks. School : Beverley, under
M'' Lambert. Admitted pensioner under M' Cooke 16 June 1702. Age 16.
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Resided "in the Master's, by the Parlour" till Mids. 1704. Admitted at
the Middle Temple 18 Nov. 1702. Great-grandson of Sir Rob. Belt of Bossall,
Lord Mayor of York 1628 and 1640. Married Mary Overend of Pooklington.
Died 7 April 1746 and buried at Bossall (Hunter, F.M.G. 645).
Floyer, William : son of Samuel : born in London. School : Charterhouse, under
M'' Walker. Admitted pensioner under M'' Burton 16 June 1702. Age 18.
B.A. 170|-. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 17 Of. Rector of Belgrave, Leics.
1710-49 (Davy).
Husband, John : son of John : born at Lichfield. School : Lichfield, under
M"' Shaw. Admitted sizar under M'' Burton 17 June 1702. Age 17 : "tum
grammaticani tum musieam perfecte callens."
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1709. Admitted sciiolar 19 Feb. 170j. Ordained deacon,
Lichfield, 1706 May ; priest, London, 170|. Perhaps vicar of Mucking, Essex :
the date of his institution is not given by Morant, but later than 1706 :
resigned 1714. Prebendary of Lichfield 23 June 1716-1726. Vicar of Tot-
tenham 1714. Minor Canon of St Paul's 1733-173| Feb. 6, when he died of
apoplexy (Hennessy).
Lancaster, Joshua : son of Edward : born at Askham, Westmoreland. School :
Lowther, under (1) M'' Lodge who taught him grammar, (2) M"' Trant "e
Lutetia erro " who taught him French and /ua'^ijcri?. Admitted sizar under
M'- Burton 26 June 1704. Age 20.
B.A. 170|. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|. Ordained deacon, York, 1706
Sept. : priest, 1707 Sept. Vicar of Wighill near Tadcaster, Yorks., 6 May 1712.
*Atherton, Thomas : son of Henry, M.D. : born at Newcastle. School: Newcastle,
under M' Rud. Admitted sizar under M^ Cooke 29 June 1702. Age 17.
B.A. 170|; M.A. 1709. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170f. His father was
admitted 1674. Ordained deacon, London, 170-^ Feb. : priest, Lincoln, 1709
Sept. ; curate of Southoe with Hailweston, Hunts. Elected King Edw''. Fellow
19 Oct. 1710, in place of Sam. Bourne. Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting
Preacher 1713. Praelector and Steward 1714. Senior Dean 1718, 1723, 1730.
Scrutator in the Univy. 1729. Took pupils from 1714 onwards, and soon had
more than Boldero, the leading tutor: after Boldero left in 1716 he had six
times as many as any one else: he retained the first place easily till 1728 when
Cartwright drew up to him : but for five years more he had a diminishing
number. He seems to have relieved Covel of the College business for some
years before his death : in Sept. 1722 the accounts were " put off till M'' Ather-
ton comes to College." Probably he was not on good terras with D'' Towers,
against whose election he protested but he still remained in College, though
presented 15 Sept. 1723 to Hapten, and on 24 April 1724 to Gately which he
held till 1732. On 11 May 1732 he was the first College nominee to Little
Canfleld, Essex : and he vacated his Fellowship 4 June 1733. He did not
occupy the rectory house at Canfield, which was tenanted by a farmer. He
died there 14 June 1749 aged 64 : his tombstone in the nave, just west of the
chancel, calls him "a learned and pious divine" : but I have not found that
he published even an assize sermon. His knowledge of the College history as
well as of the accounts is attested by his "statute book" to which he sufiixed
a good deal of interesting matter. In 1720, two years before Covel's death, a
real balance in the College accounts, with the surplus from the last Audit
carried over, appears for the first time : and the credit must be assigned to
Atherton. He was a subscriber to Ford's Articidi 1720 (J.E.B.M.) and to
Sanderson's Algebra 1740.
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Palmer, Henry : son of Heibei-t : born at Winghani, Kent. Educated privately
by the Rev. M'' Foster. Admitted pensioner under M' Burton •! July 1702.
Age 17.
B.A. 170|^. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|. Herbert Palmer was the
third son of Sir Tho. Palmer of Wingham (a distinguished Royalist) : he
married Dorothy Pincheon of Writtle, Essex : his elder son Thomas succeeded
to the title on the death of Sir Thomas. Henry Palmer died unmarried in
1710, aged 25 (Kimber, 1. 209). James, his uncle, was a Fellow of Trinity.
Kingsbury, Robert : son of Robert : born at Middleton, Essex. School : Yeldham,
under M"' Brooks. Admitted sizar under M'' Burton 6 July 1702. Age 19.
The rector of Middleton 1670-1700 was Roger Middleton: possibly the
admission-book gives the father's name wrongly. The son, Robert, resided till
Lady Day 170f, and his name occurs without charge for two quarters more : he
was ordained deacon, Norwich, 1707 June, as B.A. : but not so in Gat. Grad.
Hill, Thomas : son of James : born in Cambridge. School : Saffron Walden, under
M'' Kilborn. Admitted pensioner under M'' Sherwill 8 July 1702. Age not
given.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1710. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|. One Tho. Hill,
M.A., Master of Bradford Grammar School 1718-28, when he died. But three
other Tho. Hills were MA. at Cambridge between 1701-8.
Preston, Thomas: son of John: born at Appletreewick, Yorks. School: Bradford,
under M'' Clapham. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Burton 8 July 1702. Age 15.
Resided till Mich\ 1705.
*Hanchett, Edward : son of Edward : born at Buntingford. School : Buntingford.
under M'' England. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers under whom " in
philosophorum campis pro virili certat " (J. Boldero, praelector) 8 July 1702.
Age 15.
B.A. 1702-. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 1704. Admitted Fellow (succeeding
A. Young) 2 Nov. 1708. Despite his youth he had three pupils before Mids.
1709 : and at Mich^. 1709, he had 25, having taken over M"^ Bourne's. After
Mich^. he disappears from the list of tutors, and before 12 Jan. 17^^, he was
dead.
Charleton, Thomas : [father not given] : born in London. Admitted sizar under
M'' Burton 29 Aug. 1702. Age not given.
Appears in the list of M' Burton's pupils Mich. 1703 — but with no charge
against him. Perhaps never resided. It is not unlikely that he was a son of
Tho. Charleton of Chilwell, Notts., and grandson of Tho. Charleton, admitted
16.36, afterwards Sheriff of Notts. If so, he died in 1703.
Ingram, Edward Machell, Viscount Irwin: son of Arthur, Viscount Irwin "quae
est apud Scotos satrapia " (says J. Boldero) : born at Temple Newsam, Yorks.
School: Eton, under M' Newburgh. Admitted fellow-commoner (? nobleman)
under M'' Burton 10 Sept. 1702. Age 16.
Resided till Lady Day 1704. His mother was Isabella, daughter and coheir
of Edvv. Machell, Esq. Fourth Viscount Irwin of Temple Newsam. Gave £30
to the restoration of the Chapel 1702. Died young (Hunter, S. Yorks. 1. 173).
His brother, Richard, admitted 1703.
St John, St Andrew : son of St Andrew : born at Culford, Suffolk. School :
Guil[d]sborough, Northants., under M"' Worling. Admitted pensioner under
M"- Withers 14 Sept. 1702. Age 17.
Resided till Lady Day 1704. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170f. The father,
second baronet, married Jane, heiress of Sir Will. Blois of Cockfield Hall, near
156 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Darsham, Suffolk. The son succeeded his father as third baronet in 1708:
(1701 in the St John pedigree, Harvey, Hundred of Willey, 484): married
Anne, daughter of Sir Will. James, and left a posthumous son, afterwards
Sir Paulet, who became eventually the Baron Bletsoe.
Worsley, Thomas : son of Thomas, armiger : born at Hovingham, Yorks. School :
Thistleworth [Isleworth, Midds.], under M'' Ellis. Admitted fellow-commoner
under M' Burton 27 Oct. 1702. Age 16.
Resided till Mich". 1703. Son of Tho. Worsley by his wife Mary Arthington
of Arthington Hall. Tho. Worsley of Hovingham Hall : gave £10 to the
Chapel Fund in 1703 : married Mary Frankland of Thirkleby Hall in 1710.
Lawes, Walter : son of John : born at Lee, Hants. School : Salisbury, under
M' Hardwick. Admitted sizar under M"' Burton 10 Nov. 1702. Age 16.
B.A. 170f. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 1704.
Sharpe, Martin : son of Martin : born at Bury St Edmunds. School : Bury,
under M'' Leeds. Admitted sizar under M"' Withers 4 Jan. 170|. Age 18.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1716. Admitted scholar 19 Feb. 170|. Ordained deacon,
Norwich, 1707 Feb.: licensed to curacy of West Stowe, Suffolk (1707-15):
priest, Norwich, 170|^ Maixh. Gave in 1711 Findari opera (2 vols.) to
the grammar school library {West Stow Registers, p. 269). Vicar of Great
Thurlow 1715: also rector of the adjoining parish of Baruardiston 1733.
Died 1760, aged 75: buried at Thurlow.
Brinkley, John : son of John : born at Bury St Edmunds. School : Bury, under
M" Leeds. Admitted sizar under M'' Burton 20 Jan. 170|. Age 18.
B.A. 170^-; M.A. {per lit. reg.) 1717. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1707
Feb. ; licensed to curacy of Brockley, Suffolk : priest, 170|^ March. Rector of
Middleton, Essex for three years. Rector of Stanningfield, Suffolk (near Bury)
for 28 years. Minister of St James', Bury for 43 years. Died 24 June 1751
and in his 67th year, buried in St James' church, where his M.I. gives the
above facts. (S.H.A.H.)
Byrom, Samuel : [father armiger, but name not given] : born at Lowton, Lanes.
School : Westminster, under D' Knipe. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M"- Burton 7 Mar. 170|. Age 17.
Resided " in the Master's, over the Parlour" till Xmas 1704.
Muriel, Thomas : son of Stephen : bom in Cambridge. School : Hyssen [Histon],
under M' Scaife [Ri. 1692]. Admitted sizar under D^ Hobart 1 Apr. 1703.
Age 18.
B.A. 170°^; M.A. 1712. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1708 Sept. : priest, 1709
Sept. "being already deacon and designed by M"^ Geo. Fage, rector of Hunton
[near Yalding, Kent] to be continued his curate." Vicar of Bethersden, Kent
3 Apr. 1711. Married M''^ E. Hulse, widow, 23 Oct. 1712. Buried 25 Aug.
1717 {Arch. Cant. 16. 92).
Eyre, Ambrose : son of William : born in London. School : Charterhouse, under
!)■ Walker. Admitted pensioner under M'' Burton 6 Apr. 1703. Age 17.
Resided till Mids"-. 1704. Admitted at the Middle Temple 17 Nov. 1702,
as of Chelsea.
Harvey, William : son of Thomas : born at East Grinstead. School : Charterhouse,
under D'' Walker. Admitted pensioner under M'' Burton 25 Apr. 1703. Age 17.
B.A. 170^; M.A. 1710. Admitted scholar 6 March 170|. Ordained
priest, Chichester, 1710 Sept. Vicar of Hollington St Leonard, Sussex, Mar.
171^-1712. Vicar of Warnham, near Horsham 1 7 1 2-38 : buried there 3 1 July
1738.
1703 157
Brockden, John : son of Thomas : born at Padiam [Padiham], Lanes. School :
Kirkby Lonsdale, under M'' Firbank. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers 16 May
1703. Age 18.
B.A. 170i. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170|. Ordained priest, London,
1718 Dec. Rector of Snoreham, Essex 30 Aug. 1722. Died there before April
1742 (Morant, 1. 357).
*Metcalfe, Thomas : son of John : bom at Askrigg, Richmondshire. School :
Richmond, under M'' Thomson. Admitted sizar under M"' Burton 14 June
1703. Age 17.
B.A. 170| ; M.A. 1710. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170|. Ordained priest,
Ely, 1709 Sept. Elected Fellow, in place of Tho. Thomson 6 May 1707.
Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting preacher 1709. Praelector and Steward
1710. Appointed by the College Taxor in the University 1714 Aug. 26 — but
superseded Aug. 31 "being absent," when M"' Will. King (?M.A. (Joh.) 1706)
was appointed in his place: Metcalfe however was in College Oct. 2. Presented
to Toft 31 March 1715, on promising to resign his Fellowship, if presented:
though as one of the senior Preachers he had a statutable right to hold a
living within 20 miles, without resigning : he resigned 13 April 1716. (Towers
who was senior to Metcalfe desired to have Toft while keeping his fellowship :
but the College declined to present him on those terms.) Metcalfe's action
was stigmatised .57 years later as simoniacal, when an appeal (never decided)
was made by Joshua Wigley, who was treated by the College as Towers had
been. (See my History, p. 256.) Also rector of Childerley 30 Oct. 1717-23.
Rector of Hardwick 17 Apr. 1723, patron, the Bishop of Ely, who.se chaplain
he was, to be held with Toft by dispensation from Lambeth 22 April. In
1738 he received a lease of Toft Clo.se. In 1762 he lent the College £250 at
5 7o- Cole speaks of him in 1773 as "now of Toft and Hardwick, and J.P.
for Cambs., an hearty and chearfull man and great Card-player, but much
troubled with the gout" : his handwriting is completely broken when in 1772
he made an affidavit in the Wigley case that "in my time it was understood
to be the rule of the Society that a Junior who would quit his Fellowship for
a living should be preferred to a Senior who proposed to hold it with his
Fellowship": and he instanced his own case. He died 26 Jan. 1777, aged 90.
His daughter married at Gt St Mary's in 1745 Nic. Simons of Trin. Hall,
vicar of Chislett, Kent, father of Nic. Simons, adm. 1772.
Molyneux, John : eldest son of Francis, baronet : bom at Knighton, Notts. Edu-
cated at home by M"' Willymot. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Baines
2 July 1703. Age 17.
Resided till Mich^ 1705. Son and heir of Sir Francis Molyneux (1672) of
Teversall, by his wife Diana How of Langar Castle. Died without issue before
his father who lived till 1742. Brother of Charles (1712).
Ingram, Richard: second son of Arthur, Viscount Irwin : born at Temple Newsam.
School : Eton, under M'' Newburgh. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M"- Burton 3 July 1703. Age 14.
Resided till Lady Day 1704. Brother of Edward (1702) whom he succeeded
as fifth Viscount Irwin. Married Anne Howard, daughter of Charles, Earl of
Carlisle. Died without issue, 1721 (Hunter, S. Yorks. 1. 173).
Banson, John : son of George : bom at Langley, Essex. School : Stortford, under
M' Tooke. Admitted sizar under M"^ Baines 10 July 1703. Age 18.
B.A. 170|^. Admitted scholar 6 March 170|. Ordained deacon, Norwich,
170 1- Feb. : licensed to Felbrigg.
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Butler, Robert: [father not given]: of Yorks. "ideo tantum ingressus ut
spondente M'' Burton solveret CoUegio 10^" 11 July 1703.
Warren, John : son of John : born at Thurston, Suffolk. School : Bury, under
M'' Leeds. Admitted sizar under M'' Boldero, 3 Aug. 1703. Age 18.
B.A. 170|; M.A. 1711. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 1704. Ordained deacon,
Norwich, 170| Feb.: licensed to Thurston, near Bury: priest, 170| March;
licensed to Nolton (? Norton). Rector of Fornhani All S'^ and St Martin:
died 1738, aged 54.
Mileson, John : son of John : born at Norton, Suffolk. School : Lavenham,
under M'' Drift. Admitted sizar under M'' Boldero 3 Aug. 1703. Age 18.
B.A. 170|-. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 170§ Mar. : licensed to Norton:
priest, 172-| March : rector of Norton at the same time. The family was con-
nected with the Brights of Netherhall (see Tho. Bright 1692) by the marriage
of Tho. Bright (the grandfather) with Agatha Mileson {Brights of Suffolk,
p. 122).
Tomison, John : son of Robert : born in Cambridge. School : Hyssen [Histon],
under M' Scaife. Admitted sizar under M'' Cook 28 Sept. 1703. Age 16.
B.A. 170|. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170i. Ordained deacon, Norwich,
1712 Sept. : licensed to Whinbergh.
Fish, Henry : son of Thomas "pereruditus necnon perelegans concionator " : born
at Lynn. School : Lynn, under M"' Home. Admitted sizar under M"' Burton
18 Oct. 1703. Age 17.
B.A. 170| ; M.A. 1711. Admitted scholar (Fysh) 6 Mar. 170A Tho. Fish,
the father, of St Margaret's, Lynn and of Ringstead St Andrew was admitted
1666. The son was ordained deacon, Norwich, 1709 Sept.; licensed to Soham;
priest, 1710 December. Rector of Irstead, Norfolk 1711. Chaplain to the
Earl of Kinnoul. Vicar of Middleton, Norfolk 1722-37. Had dispensation
from Lambeth 9 Aug. 1725 to hold also the rectory of Walpole, distant eight
miles : held it till 1743. Author : A Sermon on Proverbs x. 27 (1738).
Glemham, Thomas : son of Thomas, armiger, grandson of Sir Tho. Glemham who
fought manfully for the most sacred martyr Charles I : born near Ipswich.
School: " Villa Faustini" [Bury], under M'' Leeds. Admitted fellow-commoner
under M'' Withers 1 Feb. 170|. Age 17. Having unhappily lost his father
he "turned to arms" being "ingenio et manu promptus."
Resided till Xmas 1704. Went into the army and became a captain of
dragoons. Died 1711 at Valladolid (S.H.A.H.).
Smith, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Horningsheath, Suffolk. School : Bury,
under M'' Leeds. Admitted pensioner under M'' Boldero 8 Feb. 170|. Age 17.
B.A. 1701; M.A. 1711. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170i. Ordained
deacon, Ely, 1709 June : priest, 1710 June. One of these names was rector of
Baldock, Herts. 22 Feb. 17^.
Milner, John : son of John : born at Pudsey, Yorks. School : Bradford, under
M"' Clapham. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Withers 20 Mar. 1703. Age 16.
Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170 J : but, despite his scholarship he nowhere
appears in the Study-rents.
Pearson, John : son of Thomas : born at Capenwray, Lanes. School : Sedber[gh],
under M^ AVharton. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers 1 April 1704. Age 20.
B.A. 170|. Perhaps the John Pearson, B.A., rector of Burton Pidsea, in
1704 159
Holderness, 1717-63, when he died (Poulson, 2. 38) : the same man was pro-
bably curate of Keyingham (distant about four miles) 5 Feb. I71|. Another
was rector of Eccleston, Lanes. 30 Nov. 1736-1740 when he resigned (Croston-
Baines, i. 195).
Thompson, Benjamin: son of Richard: born at Gressingham, Lanes. School:
Kirkby Lonsdale, under M'' Firbank. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers
1 April 1704. Age 15.
B.A. 170|^. Admitted scholar 6 March 170t. Ordained deacon, York,
1709 Sept. Licensed to be master of Kirkburton School 15 Sept. 1709 :
priest, 1712 Sept. Probably curate in charge of Bradfield near Sheffield
1710-21 (Hunter, Hallamshire, 463).
Almasi, Stephen : [father not given] : born in Transilvania : " nemini fere notus,
neque forsan sibi " (Matt. Baines, praelector). Admitted sizar under M'' Bur-
ton 8 April 1704. Age not given.
Resided till Dec. 1705.
Bertie, Peregrine : son of Peregrine, armiger : born in London. School : Charter-
house, under D'' Walker. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Burton
17 April 1704. Age 15.
Resided till Xmas 1706, keeping after Mids'. 1705 "in the Master's over
the parlour." Admitted, as son of Peregrine Bertie of Long Sutton, Lines.
at the Middle Temple 6 Feb. 1705 (n70'|-) : his mother was Rachel Ernie of
Wheatham, Wilts. : described as of Low Layton, Essex, where he possibly
inherited property through his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Joh. Hungerford
of Doctors' Commons, widow of John Fisher, merchant of London, married
at St Paul's 8 Nov. 1720. Died 9 Dec. 1743, aged 55. His son Peregrine of
Low Layton had also lands in Gedney, Long Sutton and Kirton, Lines. : and
was M.P. for Westbury (imc«. perfe. 1. 129). See Five Generations of a Loyal
House by Lady Georgiana Bertie (1845).
Pawkener, William : son of William, armiger : born in London. School : Tot[t]en-
ham High Cross, under M"' Baxter. Admitted fellow-commoner under M''
Withers 8 May 1704. Age 17.
Resided " in the Master's over the Antechapel " till Mich. 1706. Admitted
at the Middle Temple 1 Aug. 1704 as second son of M"' Will Fawkener, of
Christ Church parish, Treasurer of the Turkey Company (whom the Master
doubtless knew through his chaplaincy to the Company). He gave £5. Is. Qd.
to the chapel in 1704.
*Dowse, Benjamin : son of William : born at Huntingdon. School : Huntingdon,
under M"' Mathews. Admitted sizar under M'" Withers 8 May 1704. Age 16.
B.A. nOi; M.A. 1711. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 1704. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1710 Sept. Elected Fellow 12 Jan. 171". Junior Dean,
Cateohist and Bunting preacher 1712. Praelector 1713 : and omitted the
entries of the whole year. Senior Dean 1717. On 15 March 172|^ he received
the lease of Hapton, vacant by M'' Husband's resignation. He signs the
Order book 27 July 1723. Before Sept. 13 he was dead.
Carr, John : son of William : born at Langclifi', Yorks. School : Giggleswick, under
M"^ Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers 12 May 1704. Age 16.
B.A. 170^. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170|.
Oilman, John : son of William : born at Norwich. School : Norwich, under
M' Hoadley. Admitted sizar under M' Withers 12 May 1704. Age 16.
Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170^. Buried at Great St Andrew's Church
16 June 1707.
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*Gibson, John : son of John : born at Lancaster. School : Lancaster, under
M'' Bordley. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers 27 May 1704, " summae
spei iuvenis." Age 16.
B.A. 170|; M.A. ITIL Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170|. Elected Fellow,
in place of M'' Withers 17 Nov. 1709. I have not found his ordination, but
he was Junior Dean, Junior Greek lecturer, Catechist and Bunting Preacher
1710. Praelector 1711. He appears last on 14 October 1712, and he died
before 25 May 1713.
Ayscough, James : son of William : born at Grantham. School : Walcot, Lines.,
under M'' " Boheme." Admitted sizar under M'' Boldero 6 June 1704.
Age 19.
B.A. 170|. Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 1704. Ordained deacon, Salisbury,
1709 Sept. ; licensed to cure of Stanford, Berks. : priest, London, 17^^ March.
Vicar of Highworth, Wilts., 26 Mar. 1720-1745. He was apparently a
near kinsman to Hannah Ayscough, mother of Sir Isaac Newton : his daughter
had a mourning ring for Sir Isaac : she married into the Venn family, and the
ring has been handed down. (Information from D'' Venn.) Married Oath.,
daughter of Henry Reyner of Shepperton (J. Venn) : and had a daughter
Elizabeth born 1722, and sons Thomas (1727), Brent (1728) and John (1730).
Buried at Highworth 6 Nov. 1745. (Information from the Rev. F. 0. Master,
of Highworth.)
Fenwick, [William] : born in Barbados. Admitted pensioner under M' Withers
4 July 1704. Age not given.
Admitted scholar 6 Mar. 170|^, as Will. Fenwick. Resided till Lady Day
1705 : his name is down in the next quarterly list, without charge.
*Barley, East : son of East: born at Ashwell, Herts. School: Buntingford, under
M'' England. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers 1 July 1704. Age 15.
B.A. 170|i; M.A. 1712. Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 170f Elected Fellow,
succeeding Tho. Sherwill, 9 Oct. 1712. Ordained priest, London, 171f March.
Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting Preacher 1714. Steward and praelector
1715. Senior Dean 1719. He took a few pupils from 1715 onwards. Signs
last 28 Apr. 1720 and died 20 August of the same year, being in his 31st year,
and was buried in the nave of Ashwell Church. He left books and X20 to
the Library.
Pulleyn, Robert : son of Robert : born at St Neots. School : Eton, under
M'' Newburgh. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Sherwill 5 Aug. 1704
" candid i ingeuii adolescens, nee ineleganter studiis initiatus." Age 17.
Resided till Mids"'. 1708. Admitted at the Middle Temple 6 May 1706 as
son of Robert Pulleyn, a Master of the Utter Bar.
Dayrell, Francis : son of Marmaduke, eques auratus : born at Shudy Camps,
Cambs. School not given. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Withers
1 4 Oct. 1 704. Age not given.
Resided till Lady Day 1707. Admitted at Gray's Inn 1 Feb. 170i.
Grandson of Sir Thomas of Shudy Camps (admitted 1622) and son of Sir Mar-
maduke by his second wife, Mary Glascock of Farnham, Essex. Sir Marma-
duke's first wife was Mary, elder daughter of Sir Justinian Isham (adm''. 1627)
— " Mary and Vere, young ladies learned bej'ond their sex and years, the first
in the Latin tongue, the second in Mathematicks and Algebra" (Kimber, 1. 279).
Married Eliz., daughter of Peter Witchcombe of Braxted Lodge, Essex, coheir
of Brownlow Sherard of Lopthorp, Lines. : by whom he had two sons. Brown-
low (adm''. 1736) and Marmaduke (1740).
1704—1705 161
Daniell, Edward : A — Dauiell appears in the list of M'' Sherwill's pupils, Xmas
1706, Ladj' Day and Mich^ (not Mids. or Xmas) 1707, in each case, without
charge.
B.A. 170|. Possibly the Edw. Daniell, 1687-1746, sou of John Daniell
•of Daresbury : died at Chester 1746 and was buried at Daresbury. (Ormerod-
Helsby, 1. 734.)
*Sitwell, Thomas :
B. A. (Corpus) 1 7^§ ; M. A . 1 7 1 3. Probably son of Geo. Sit well of Renishaw,
Yorks. (1657—1723) and of Anne, daughter and heiress of Tho. Kent of Povey,
Dronfield : see Hunter, Hallitmshire, 373 (where he is given wrongly as a
Fellow of Corpus) : he inherited Povey by his grandfather's will. Admitted
at Corpus 170.5. Elected Fellow of Christ's — succeeding Cha. Smithson^
30 Nov. 1714. Held no office (though he resided regularly) till Oct. 1719
when he was Praelector, Junior Dean, Catechist, Bunting Preacher, and
Steward. Held nothing more till 1726 when he was Senior Dean: Mildmay
Preacher 1727. He was Junior Proctor 1727-8. From 1715 he had one or
two pupils — at no time more than three. On 12 Sept. 1725 he had a lease of
the tithes of Haptou : but continued to reside : resigned early in 1727. There
were " exceedings " in Hall 12 May 1727 "when M' Sitwell dined there":
the reason is not obvious as he attended several meetings in that j'ear : per-
haps it was known that he intended to be a benefactor. On 13 Nov. 1731 he
was presented to Caldecot, succeeding Tho. Wilkinson. After the end of
1733 he was rarely present at a meeting, and perhaps resided at Caldecot.
He died early in 1737 and was buried in the ante-chapel (Adam Wall). He
left £20 for the poor of Caldecot ; and to the College he left the income of
his chamber and £600 for the augmentation of the Mastership and Fellowships :
the interest was divided annually as " M'' Sitwell's benefaction." It was
invested in South Sea Annuities. In 1854 the capital was sold out, and
£660 2 "/o Consols were bought. In 1856 these were in turn sold — and the
proceeds invested in the purchase of the Harvey Charity estate at Meldreth.
Sharpe, Abraham : [father not given] ; born at Bradford. School not given.
Admitted sizar under M"' Withers 22 Feb. 1704. Age not given.
B.A. 170f ; M.A. 1713. Admitted scholar 5 March 1701; and again
5 April, I do not know why. Master of Skipton School 7 Mar. 170f.
Ordained deacon, London, 1711 May: priest 1712 June. Chaplain to the
Earl of Burlington, who presented him to Londesborough, Yorks. 1 1 May
1715. Had dispensation from Lambeth to hold also the vicarage of Market
Weighton, Yorks. 17 Apr. 1719: for this he had license of non- residence
31 Dec. 1726. Possibly his father was Abraham Sharpe, the well known
mathematician of Bradford, who died 1742, aged 91, to whom Jonas Water-
house of Bradford left by will (1715) all his books and mss.
Claphamson, Hugh: son of Hui<h : born at Giggleswick. School: Giggleswick,
under M"' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers 1 March 170t.
Age 18.
B.A. 170^. Admitted scholar 5 March 1702. Ordained deacon, York,
1709 June: priest 1711 May.
At this point there are no more entries till Oct. 1705, and a gap of one and
a half leaves in the Admission Book, which was never filled up. The prae-
lector for the year was Thomas Thomson. But the Study-rent book does not
show any names of men who came into residence before Oct. 1705, which are
not found in the University Matriculations.
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Burchall, Josiah :
Matric''. sizar 1705. Admitted a pupil of M'' Withers before Dec. 1704 :
resided till Lady Day 1708.
King, William :
Admitted a pupil of M"' Baynes before June 1705 : came into residence
the next quarter. Matric''. pensioner 170|. Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 170y.
B.A. 170| ; M.A. 1712. Ordained deacon, London, 1711 May. One of these
names vicar of Wroxham, Norfolk 1711-19. (Blomefield, 5. 1387.) Accord-
ing to Davy one was vicar of Mildenhall, Suffolk : died in 1714, aged 27 ; and
buried there : the date and age suit.
Sherson (Shierson), William:
Admitted a pupil of M'' Withers and resided before Mich". 1705. Matric''.
sizar 170f.
B.A. 170^. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1710 Dec. : licensed to Ickleford
with Pirton, Herts. Probably Master of Buntingford School as early as 1728
(after England who was still there in 1721) and as late as 1740 : I find his
successor instituted in 1764. Will. Sherson, his son, admitted 1739.
Turner, John :
In residence, Mids''. 1705, as a pupil of M'' Withers. B.A. 170f. Probably
born 9 Sept. 1687 at Caton near Lancaster (Hunter, S. Yorks. 1. 134-5).
Ordained priest, York, 1712 June. Perhaps the John Turner, B.A., deacon,
licensed to the cure of Ravensfield Chapel near Mexborough 7 Nov. 1709.
Vicar of Braithwell, near Rotherham 2 July 1716-66, when he died, aged 79.
(Hunter, ib.) .
*Husband, Thomas :
Came into residence as a pupil of M'' Baynes Oct. 1705. Matriculated
sizar 170j. Scholar 5 Mar. 170-1 B.A. 170|; M.A. 1712. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1710 Sept. : elected Fellow in the place of Will. Burrell 17 Nov.
1709. Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting Preacher 1711. Steward 1712,
also Praelector (and omitted the entries of the whole year). Senior Dean 1716.
Mildmay Preacher 1718. Nominated as Scrutator 29 Aug. 1720. On 9 April
1718 he took the lease of Hapten which Aynsley resigned : he may possibly
have resided there, to perform the duties of the cure, for he signs the orders
afterwards very intermittently : in any case he must have returned to Cam-
bridge for the post of Scrutator 1720-1, and on 17 April 1721 he became
rector of Hard wick. On Covel's death Aynsley and Husband were nomi-
nated to the Earl of Berkeley for the rectory of Kegworth, and the Earl
selected Husband; and he was presented 15 March 172|. He died rector
before May 1725. In college he seems to have joined Towers in opposition to
D'' Covel : and supjjorted him in the struggle for Toft between Towers and
Metcalfe, when the latter was taken : on the curious ground that the Senior
Fellow ought to have it in order to be able to cope with the Master.
Martin, Wormly :
In residence as a pupil of M'' Baynes from Mich". 1705. Matric''. sizar
170|. Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 1704'. Perhaps a son of Wormly Martin,
rector of Colveston, Norf. 1676-85. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1709 Oct.:
licensed to South Repps as curate to his father, Wormley (B.A. (Jesus)
1667). The father waged a long battle with Corpus and Pemb. Hall for a
fellowship — varying from one to the other — backed up by a mandamus from the
King. The evidence (from Oaf. Dom. Papers) is summarised in Cooper,
{Aniials, 5. 451-5) and is entertaining. Martin failed at both Colleges.
Wormley, junior, had dispensation from Lambeth 11 July 1716 to succeed
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his father (deprived) as rector of South Repps : held it till 175G (Blomefield,
4. 340). On the other hand his gravestone in South llepps chancel makes him
rector for 45 years, i.e. till his death : if so he held it with Beeston. According
to Rye (Cromer, 136) he was also curate of Cromer 1723-9, and again 1743.
Rector of Beeston 1756-62 (Blomefield, 4. 293). Another Wormly Martin
(?his son) (B.A. (Corpus) 1758) was also rector of South Repps, probably also
vicar of Shipden (Cromer) 1763-8, patron, the Bishop : he died 20 May 1768
(Rye, ib.). A fourth (his son) (B.A. (Caius) 1790) was buried there 1804,
aged 38.
Robson, Thomas : son of John : born at West Ockling, Durham. School : Low-
ther, Westmoreland, under M' Lodge. Admitted pensioner under M"' Withers
23 Oct. 1705. Age 17.
Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 170S. Admitted at Gray's Inn 9 Dec. 1706 as
" of the bishopric of Durham, gent." Resided till Lady Day 1707.
Hadwen, John : son of Robert : born at Silverdale, Lanes. School : Lowther,
Westmoreland, under M' Lodge. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers 29 Oct.
1705. Age 20.
B.A. 17"^. One of these names incumbent of Tocklioles Chapel near
Blackburn, 1736-66. (Abrams, Blackburn, 696.)
Fawkener, Henry : son of Edward, armiger: born at Uppingham. School : Eton,
under M"^ Newborough. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Withers 19 Jan.
170|. Age not given.
Admitted at the Middle Temple (as son of Edw. of the Middle Temple,
deceased) 17 June 1707. Probably akin to Will. Fawkener (adm. f.c. 1704).
Robartes, John : son of the Hon. Francis : born in London. School : Eton,
under M'' Newborough. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Burrell 170f
(no further date). Age not given.
Resided till Mich^ 1711. Born 1686, son of Francis (adm'^. 1663). Fourth,
and last. Earl of Radnor (succeeding Sir Henry) 1741-1757 July 15, when
he died unmarried (1764 in Burke, Ext. Bar.). Either he, or his father, built
Radnor House on the Thames, next door to Pope's house : and he is said to
be the " heavy lord," satirised in the fourth Diinciad as the type of hanger-
on to wits ; and also as the subject of Pope's epigram beginning " My lord
complains that Pope, stark mad with gardens | Has lopped three trees, the
value of three-farthings." The house is now the property of the parish ; and
the Twickenham Literary Society meets there. [F. C. Hodgson.]
*Cockshutt, Joslah: son of George: born at Harwood, Lanes. School: Clitheroe,
under M"' Escholme (perhaps Escolm). Admitted sizar under M"' Withers
22 Apr. 1706. Age 16.
B.A. 17?g; M.A. 1713. Brother of Thomas (1696). Scholar 7 Mar.
170f. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1711 Sept. : priest 1712 Feb. Elected Fellow,
in place of John Gibson 25 May 1713. Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting
Preacher 1715. Steward and Praelector 1716. Senior Dean 1720, 1724.
He generally had one or two pupils, never more than three. Had a lense of
Hapten (on Atherton's resigning it) 29 Apr. 1724. Presented to Caldecot in
place of the Master, resigning the Haptou lease, 12 Nov. 1724. Presented to
Kegworth 1 July 1725 — the Lord Berkeley "recommending" (Coll. Order)
him instead of Tho. Atherton. Married Mary, daughter of Tho. Twisleton,
rector of Weddington [? Wennington], Essex, son of Philip Twisleton of Drax
Abbey, whose brother John of Horstman Place was admitted 1632. Died
1762, aged 72. He had three sons, John, who died 1731 and was buried at
Kegworth : Thomas (admitted 1749 and afterwards Fellow), who took his
mother's name of Twisleton ; and Josias (admitted 1758).
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Gameys, Charles : son of Nathaniel : born at Kenton, Suffolk. School: Ipswich,
under M"' Coningsby. Admitted pensioner under M' Burrell 23 April 1706.
Age 17.
Brother of Wentworth (1702). Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 170f Resided,
first under RP Buirell, then under M^ Moore till Michl 1709. Died 1711 : so
Muskett (1. 192), according to whom he was born 1687.
Blanshard, William : son of Richard : born at Akam p Acomb, Yorks.].
School : " Akam," under M'' Tomlinson. Admitted sizar under M'' Withers
27 May 1706. Age 17.
B.A. 17f^. Admitted scholar 7 Mar. 170f. Son of Richard (1674) of
the Inner Temple. Ordained deacon, York, 1710 Sept. : priest 1711 Dec.
Lecturer in the parish church Leeds 14 July 1716.
Fenwick, George : son of George : born at Morpeth. School : Morpeth, under
M"' Meggison (1693). Admitted sizar under M"' Aynsley 6 June 1706. Age 16.
B.A. 17f|. Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 170|-. Ordained priest, London,
1715 Sept. Vicar of Bolam, Northumb''. 1722-70. There are "curious
memoranda : medical and historical " written by him in the parish register.
(Hodgson, II. i. 341.) Died 27 April 1770, aged 82.
Dunn, John: [father not given]. Of Yorks. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M"' Sherwill 4 June 1706. Age not given.
His name appears in the list of M'' Sherwill's pupils each quarter till
Lady Day 1708. But each time there is either no charge again.st him or the
charge is put in and then struck out. Another [?] M'' Dunn {i.e. fellow-
commoner) also in Sherwill's list, appears at Mids'. 1 709 till Lady Day 1710: for
the first two quarters there is no charge against him : in the last quarters the
name itself is struck out. There is no corresponding entry in the Admission book
for 1 709 — which seems complete. It is certain that there was a Joshua Dunn,
fellow-commoner at Christ's about this time (1707, according to the Memoir
of Sanderson), who brought with him as his friend Nicholas Sanderson, the
mathematician and future Lucasian Professor (see Life of Sanderson in D.N.B. :
and Hunter, F.M.G. 1. 2.t0). If the date of Sanderson's coming to Cambridge
be rightly given (1707) it seems to follow that the name in the very imperfect
entry of 4 June 1706 is given wrongly as John, and that it should be Joshua,
and that all the entries in the Study-rents refer to one man. Joshua Dunn,
according to Hunter, was son of Joshua, mercer, of Halifax and Attercliffe,
born 28 Sept. 1684 at Stannery, near Halifax : died 13 Sept. 1709 — this suits
the entries in the Study-rents — and buried in the chancel of Halifax Church:
M.I. His father was buried at Attercliffe 1718 : his mother was Mary Clarke
(Hunter, 4. 1274).
French, Robert : sou of John : born at Chilton, Suflfolk. School : Sudbury,
under M"' Maybourn. Admitted sizar under M'' Burrell, — June 1706.
Age 20.
No degree given in Cat. Grad.: but ordained (as B. A.— born in Suffolk
1687) deacon, Ely, 1712 June.
Sorrel(l), Henry : son of Henry : born at Cavenham, Suffolk. School : St Paul's,
under M'' Postlethwaite. Admitted pensioner under the Master 24 June 1706.
Age 16.
M.B. 1711; M.D. {com. reg.) 1717. Kept "in the Master's by the
Parlour." Admitted scholar (Sorrell) 5 Mar. 1704. Practised at Bury
St Edmunds. Mariied at Nowton church 1 Dec. 1730 to Oath. Gage, also
of Bury.
1706 165
Beaver, Thomas : son of Timothy : horn at Barnhy Furnewk in the parish of
Cawthorne, Yorks. School : Cawthorne, under M' Cockshutt. Admitted
sizar under M'' Burrell 24 June 1706. Age 17.
B.A. 171f Ordained deacon, York, 1711 May: priest, 1712 June.
Licensed to preach in the church of Bolton on Dearue 1728.
Say, Francis : son of Francis : born at East Hatley, Cambs. School : Rusling-
worth [?], Beds. Admitted sizar [tutor not given] 4 July 1706. Age 17.
B.A. ni{. He kept from Mich'. 1708 "in the Masters "—therefore his
name is not given in the Study-rents — in "the next chamber" to that which
is called " by the Parlour " — presumably the present passage room next to
the Chapel: and resided till Mich^ 1712. Born 9 June 1690, eldest son of
Francis Say (B.A. (Jesus) IGBf) and of Eliz. his wife — elder brother of Will.
Cray Say (171|). Another brother, John, was godson of D'' Covel, the Master.
Admitted scholar .5 Mar. ITOS. Ordained deacon, London, 1713 May: priest,
Norwich, 1719 July : licensed to Guiest (Guist, St Andrew), Norfolk. Vicar
of Berney (Barney), Norfolk 1720-40 (Blomefield, 5. 790) : also of Hindol-
veston 1721-40 (ib. 4. 401), when he died. According to family tradition
he was rector of East Hatley before going to Hindolveston : which seems
hardly probable. Not the Fra. Say, Librarian to Queen Caroline, Secretary to
five Bishops of Ely, who died 1748 {Gent. Mag. p. 427) : probably he was of
Trinity (B.A. 171-i).
Gregory, Thomas : son of Love-is-God : born at Stivichall, Warw. School :
Coventry, under M'' Greenway. Admitted pensioner [no tutor given] 4 July
1706. Age 19.
Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 170f. A pupil of M'' Burrell: resided till Mich'.
1708. His mother was Oath. Turvile of Higham, Leics. The Gregorys
were long settled at Stivichall (or Stichall) near Coventry, where the College
owned land : they are said to have boasted that they came in with the Saxons
and settled at " Stickhill " ; a branch removed to Yorks. and settled at
Barnby Don (Hunter, S. Yorks. 1. 211). One Tho. Gregory was vicar of
Hindolveston, Norfolk 1740-1 ; patron, the Dean of Norwich : vicar of Elm-
ham 1741. (Blomefield, 4. 401 ; 5. 1000.)
Spencer, William : son of John : born at Corthorn [Cawthorne], Yorks. School :
Wakefield, under M'' Clarke. Admitted pensioner [no tutor given] 5 July
1706. Age 17.
Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 170i. A pupil of M"^ Sherwill : resided till
Mich^ 1707: .son of Joh. Spencer of Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, by his wife
Ann, daughter of John Wilson of Wortley : succeeded his father and married
Christiana, daughter of Ben. Ashton of Hathersage and had three sons, John,
Benjamin and William, who all died without issue. Died 30 Jan. 1756
aged 65, and buried at Cawthorne. (Hunter, <S^. Yorks. 2. 232 : the dates are
wrong by two years, but the identity seems clear.) One of these names a
conf rater of Brown's Hospital, Stamford. {Merch'. Taylors' Register, 2. 192.)
Daniel, Robert : migrated from Corpus Christi. Admitted pensioner under
M'' Sherwill 1 Oct. 1706. Age not given.
In the list of Sherwill's pupils till Mich''. 1707 — but never any charge.
Will. Burrell, the praelector Oct. 1706-Oct. 1707, makes this one (in-
complete) entry and makes no more. Fifteen men are recoverable from the
matriculation list.
Thomson, Henry :
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1718. Admitted under M-- Sherwill Mich^ 1706 : matric''.
166 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
pensioner 1706. Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 1705-. Ordained deacon, York,
1712 June: curate of Coxwold 2.5 July 1713. Rector of Holy Trinity, Holtby,
near York 31 May 1716 : patron, Tho. Thomson, gent., of York.
Hathornthwaite, Richard :
B.A. 17ia. AdmittedunderM'"BournebeforeLady Day 1707: and resided
in the Easter Term. Matriculated pensioner 1707 April. Admitted scholar
11 Mar. 170§.
Bagot, Alexander :
B.A. 171". Admitted under M'' Burrell : and came into residence before
Lady Day 1707. Matric''. pensioner 1707 April. Curate of Stalmine S' James,
near Fleetwood in 1725. Vicar of Gressingham, Lanes. Died there 5 Feb.
1758, aged 75: and buried there. (Letter from T. Cann Hughes, Esq. Lan-
caster.)
Whitton, Robert:
B.A. 171 J. Admitted under M'' Burrell: came into residence before
Lady Day 1707. Matric''. sizar 1707 April. Admitted scholar 5 Mar. 170f.
Resided under M'' Burrell, M' Bourne and M'' Boldero successively till Mids''.
1712.
Carr, John :
B.A. 1712. Admitted under M' Bourne before Lady Day 1707 : kept the
Easter term. Matric''. sizar 1707 April. Admitted scholar II Mar. 170f.
Ordained deacon, York, 1713 Sept. : priest 1725- March. Master of Giggles-
wick school 1712-45, where he was probably educated. Married Anne Dawson.
Buried at Giggleswick 2 Apr. 1745, aged 56 (Morant-Whitaker, 162). Pro-
bably son of Thomas Carr of Stackhouse, and brother of James (17 1|^).
His son John was admitted three weeks after his father's death in 1745. The
number of boys sent up from Giggleswick fell off considerably in his time, I
do not know why : the proportion however to the whole number admitted
remains nmch tiie same.
Jackson, Robert : ,
B.A. 17 If. Admitted under M"' Burrell before Lady Day 1707 : kept the
Easter term. Matric''. sizar 1 707. Resided under M'' Burrell, M"' Bourne
and M'' Boldero successively till Mich^ 1710. Ordained deacon, York, 1712
Dec. One of these names succeeded Leonard Jackson (adm. 1668) as rector of
Tatliam, Laucs. 7 Dec. 1726 and died there 1733 (Groston-Baines, 5. 555).
Topham, William :
B.A. 171|. Admitted under M"' Burrell before Mids"'. 1707. Matric'*.
sizar 1 707 July. After Xmas 1707 he keeps " at the Masters over the Parlour,"
perhaps as sizar to Cha. Maynard, and resides there till Mids''. 1712.
Fen'wick, Ambrose :
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1714. Admitted under M^ Ayu.sley before Mids^ 1707.
Matric''. sizar 1707 July. Admitted scholar 26 July 17U7. Resided till Mich^
1711: came back June 1713 and resided till Mich. 1716. Ordained priest, York,
1716 Sept. Assistant curate of All Saints, Newcastle (Brand, 1. 393) but for
what time does not appear. In 1719 he became vicar of Stamfordham on the
resignation of his father, Edward. Married Eliz. Broadley, whose father was
an attorney of Gateshead (Hodgson, ii. ii. 393). Died 1 Feb. 173| : buried at
St Mary's, Gateshead. Brother of Edward (1711).
■Watson, Ralph:
B.A. 17 If. Admitted under M'' Aynsley before Mids. 1707. Matric''.
sizar 1707 July. Admitted scholar 11 Mar. I70f. Resided till Dec. 1711.
1707 167
Possibly the Ra. Watson, B.A. and M.D., of Linmouth Northumberland
(Hodgson, II. ii. 191) ; son of Ralph of North Seaton : married Jane, daughter
of John Lawson of Longhurst : died 11 Aug. 1721, aged 32.
Maynard, Charles:
M.A. 1711. Eighth son of Banaster, third Lord Maynard, and brother of
Banister (1694). Admitted under M"' Aynsley before June 1707. Matric''.
fellow-commoner 1707 Dec. Kept "in the Master's over the parlour" paying
therefore £1. 10s. each quarter, up to Mids''. 1716: but the room remains
assigned to him (without charge) up to Lady Day 1721. He succeeded in the
title two elder brothers, Henry (third son of the third Baron) and Grey (seventh
son), as sixth Baron Maynard in 1745. In 1766 he was created Viscount
Maynard : and he died 1775, unmarried, aged 85. By his will dated
13 February 1775 he left £500 "for or toward the cost of erecting or beauti-
fying any publick building for the University of Cambridge that shall not be
begun at the time of my decease, or for the use of the Public Physick Garden
there." He gave earlier £100 to the Botanic Gardens. This sum with the
accumulated interest amounted in 1788 to X745. 18«. id. : which was paid by
the trustees of the will to the Vice-Chancellor to be used toward the erec-
tion of the proposed University Offices in Senate House Yard. That scheme
having been abandoned, the money was returned to the trustees and reinvested.
In 1807, when the amount was £2163. 9s. Qd. it was assigned by Grace to the
Botanic Gai'den, so as to carry out the second alternative object of the testator.
{Endotvments of the Unirerskij, (1904) page 475.) Subscribed to Sanderson's
Algebra, 1740.
Gardiner, William :
Admitted under M'' Sherwill before Mich". 1707. Matric'*. pensioner 1707
Dec. Resided till Xmas 1708. Perhaps the son of Will. Gardiner of Pisho-
bury, Sawbridgeworth who was admitted at the Middle Temple 20 Dec. 1709,
and migrated to the Inner Temple 26 Nov. 1713. The vicar (of these names)
of Scarcliffe, Derbs. 1724-69, son of Sara., rector of Eckington was probably
admitted at Corpus in the same year. One of these names, rector of Hamble-
don (? which) subscribed to Sanderson's Algebra, 1740.
Webb, Francis :
B.A. 171^. Admitted under M'' Boldero before Mids'. 1707, and resided
in the Mich'*, quarter. Matric''. sizar 1708 July. Admitted scholar 11 Mar.
170f. Ordained deacon, London, 1713 May: priest, Lincoln, 1715 June, at
the request of the Bishop of Norwich. Probably rector of Hargrave, Suffolk
19 Oct. 1727-6 June 1755, when he died, aged 64 (Gage, Suffolk, 339). His
wife, Ellen, died Dec. 1735.
Tindal, Thomas:
M.B. 1712. Admitted under M'' Boldero before Mich^ 1707. Matric<*.
sizar 1707 July. Re.sided (as "M''" Tindall) for the last two quarters till
Mich'. 1712.
Sadler, Henry :
Admitted under M'' Sherwill before Mich'. 1707. Matriculated pensioner
1707 Dec. Resided till Mich^ 1709.
Rutty, William :
M.B. 1712; M.D. 1719. Born 1692: admitted at Merchant Taylors'
school 10 Sept. 1701. Admitted under M'' Sherwill before Dec. 1707. Matric'*.
pensioner ]707 Dec. Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170|. Resided till Mids''.
1712. F.R.C.P. 1720. Gulstonian lecturer at the College of Physicians.
168 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Secretary of the Royal Society. Died 1730. Perhaps he is the Will. Rutty
son and heir of Thomas, mercer, of Lombard Street, who was admitted at the
Middle Temple 27 Oct. 1709. Author: A treatise on the Urinary passages, 4'°.
1726. (D.N.B.)
Washington, Laurence :
B.A. 171f Admitted under M-- Burrell before Dec. 1707. Matric*.
pensioner 1707 Dec. Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170|. Resided till Lady Day
1712, perhaps during the next quarter. Ordained priest, York, 1718 Sept.
Perhaps of the family, originally of Warton, Lanes., afterwards settled at
Sulgrave, Noithants., from which the American Washingtons were descended :
the name Laurence occurs in it frequently : see pedigree in Croston-Baines,
5. 520.
Cawson, John :
M.B. 1712. First appears at Christ's as pupil of M'' Moor at Xmas, 1708,
and as "M"'" Cawson at Mids'. 1712.
Sanderson, Nicholas :
M.A. (per lit. reg.) 1712; LL.D. (com. reg.) 1728; F.R.S. Born Jan. 1682
(bapt. 20 Jan.) at Thurlston near Penistone, Yorks., son of John Sanderson,
exciseman. Lost his eyes by smallpox when one year old. Educated at Penistone
by M'' Staniforth in Latin and Greek ; afterwards by his father and by himself
in mathematics : in later life he could repeat all Horace's Odes and much other
Latin poetry : his father and friends supported him till he was 25. Came
to Cambridge in 1707 as friend of Joshua Dunn then fellow-commoner at
Christ's : see Dunn, John (! Joshua), 1706. Not admitted at the College, but
allowed rooms there : perhaps Dunn's, who seems to have resided irregularly.
Made friends through his keenness for mathematics — especially as expounded
by Newton — and through his blindness. Will. Whiston, Lucasian Professor,
allowed him to lecture in his own subjects: his lectures seem to have been very
popular. In the dedication (1740) of his Algebra to John Robartes (170|)
afterwards Earl of Radnor, it is said " Your Lordship was his first acquaint-
ance in the University and his first scholar, and. ..his most generous benefactor:
a great part of the work was drawn up originally for your Lordships use, and
was for many years in your sole ])OSsession." When Whiston was removed
from his Professorship (30 Oct. 1710) for his Ariau proclivities, Sanderson
seems to have been regarded as his obvious successor : but he lacked the M.A.
degree. The Heads of Colleges, and the Hon. Francis Robartes (1663) father
of John Robartes are said in the Alemoir (p. vi) to have applied to the Chan-
cellor for a mandate-degree for him : which was issued by the Queen : he
became M.A. 19 Nov. 1711, and Lucasian Professor the next day! His
inaugural lecture was in " truly Ciceronian " Latin. His position as an early
"Newtonian" is attested by D'' Heberden, writing of what he remembered
about 1730, " Newton Euclid and Algebra were only known to those who chose
to attend tiie lectures of Pr'of. Sanderson, for the College lecturers were silent
on them." [Schol. Acad. 66.) He lived in College till 1723 devoting his whole
time to his lectures and his pupils. In that year he took a house in Cambridge
and married Abigail, daughter of Will. Dickons, rector of Boxsvorth: by whom
he had children, John (1742) and Anne. He continued his teaching to the
detriment of his health : " being too sedentary and constantl}' confining him-
self to the house, he became a valetudinarian of a very scorbutic habit " and
died 19 Apr. 1739 " of a mortification in his foot." Buried at Boxworth: M.I.
Portrait by Vanderbanck (painted 1718) in the University Library. He had
prepared his Algebra for the Press before his death : and it was published in
1740 by ills widdw and children. The Method of Fluxions appeared in 1751.
It is said (see Ball, History of Mathematics, 87) that owing to his outspokenness
1707—1708 169
he was " better qualified to inspire admiration than to make or retain friends."
Among the friends who contributed to the Memoir prefixed to his Algebra,
were John Boldero and Gervase Wheler of Christ's. Many other members of
the College were among the subscribers to tiie book ; also the libraries of
almost every college in Cambridge, except (oddly) Christ's. (D.N.B.) His
son John (1742) was B.A. at Christ's, afterwards Fellow of Poterhouse.
*Edwards, William :
B.A. (St John's) 171 J; M.A. 1714; D.D. (Christ's) 1728 {com. reg.). Son of
George Edwards, currier, of Barnard Castle : educated at Sedbergh. Admitted
sizar at St John's under M' Anstey 28 June 1707, aged 17. {St John's Admis-
sions.) Admitted Fellow 2G Feb. 17 1^, in succession to John Moor, by the
authority of the Visitor, Tho. Sherlock, V.C., who with the assent of one of his
assessors declared void the election of Ja. Dodgson (whom see, page 174). In
1720 he was Praelector (a careless one). Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting
Preacher. He signs last in May 1726 and on 14 Jan. 172^ Edmund Law
was elected to his vacant Fellowship : but the declaration of the vacancy is
not in the Order-book. He had been presented by the Earl of Nottingham to
the vicarage of Biirley on the Hill, Ruts. The same patron presented him to
the rectory of Middleton Keynes, Bucks. 28 April 1727. He died 1744 (Lips-
combe, 4. 247).
Settle, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Swainstead [a farm about three miles
from Giggleswick], Yorks. School : Giggleswick, under M'' Armitstead. Ad-
mitted sizar under M"' Burrell 9 Feb. 170 J. Age 18.
B.A. n\h. Admitted scholar 11 March 170f. Ordained deacon, Carlisle,
171| March :" priest, York, 1716 Dec. Licensed to Wakefield 1728. His son
Robert (admitted 1747) was also born at Swainstead, in 1730.
Exley, Sam.uel : son of John : born at Rawdon, Yorks. School : Bradford, under
M'' Tho. Clapham. Admitted sizar under M' Bourne 9 Feb. 170^. Age 19.
B. A. 1 7 li. Ordained deacon, York, 1712 Sept. : priest 1713 Sept. Licensed
to preach in the chapels of Braniley and Farnley 1728.
Baron, Michael : son of Benjamin, priest : born at Scorcoate, Yorks. School :
Bradford, under M"' Tho. Clapham. Admitted sizar under M"' Bourne 9 Feb.
170i. Age 19.
B.A. 171f. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171^ His father, Ben., was vicar
of Bradford 1698-170f. Ordained priest, York, 1719 Sept. Incumbent of
Thornton in 1714 : signs for the last time 1724 (James, History of Bradford
(continuation) 170, 274).
Coleby, Thomas : son of Christopher, Dean of Middleham, Richmondshire, where
he was born. School; Sedbergh, under M' Dwyers. Admitted pensioner under
M-- Burrell, 17 Feb. 170|. Age 18.
B.A. 171i; M.A. 1715. Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170|. His father
(vol. I. p. 610, where by error the name is spelt Colly) admitted 1664.
Ordained priest, London, 1714 Sept. Probably vicar of Birstall near Leeds
7 Feb. 171 1 (though described as B.A.).
Dyer, William : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Sherwill
20 Apr. 1708.
Resided till Lady Day 1710. Perhaps son of Sir Will. Dyer (Bart. 1678) of
Newnliam, Herts. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 4 July 1707. High SheriflF of
Herts. Built a great house at Newnham.
Spurling, John : son of Henry, rector of Burnham Market, Norfolk. School :
Holt, under M' Reynolds. Admitted sizar under M"' Burrell 11 May 1708.
Age 16.
B.A. I7U. Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170|.
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Ogle, Henry : son of Henry : born at Eglingham, Northumberland. Educated
(? privately) by M' Dyke. Admitted pensioner under M"' Aynsley 8 June 1708.
Age not given.
Came into residence with his younger brother James: one (it does not appear
which) resided till Mich^ 1709: the other till Mich^ 1710. According to
Burke (Ext. Bar. 2. 1013) one Hen. Ogle of Eglingham died 1711 and was suc-
ceeded by his son Henry who was Sheriff of Northumberland 1707 and died
1713, and was succeeded by his eldest son Robert : no brothers are mentioned.
Ogle, James : younger son of Henry Ogle of Eglingham [see under Henry].
Admitted pensioner under M'' Aynsley 8 June 1708. Age not given.
Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170|. Resided till Mich. 1709 or 1710; more
probably the latter. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 7 Dec. 1710.
Gwavas, John : son of William : bom at Huntingfield Hall, Suffolk. Educated
(? at home) " cum operani pene dixeram inutilem Uteris dedisset, docente
M™ Kilibrd (? Hen. Kifford of Christ's adm. 169|)...aegre admissus (June 1708
under M'' Aynsley) Pensionariorum numerum auxit magis quam ornavit " (says
John Moor, praelector). Age about 18.
LL.B. 1713. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171^ — realising the "spes maioris
fructus " which brought him to Cambridge. Rector of Wheatacre All SH,
Norfolk 1715, licensed 7 Jan. 17 IS to hold also the rectory of Horham, Suffolk,
distant 12 miles. (Lambeth Register.) Rector of Thorpe next Haddiscoe,
Norfolk 1746-53 (Blometield, 4. 270).
Rowland, Arthur : son of Arthur : born at Guildford. School : Eton, under
M' Newborough. Admitted pensioner, then fellow-commoner, under M'' Burrell
— June 1708. Age 19.
B.A. 171i-: residing up to June 1712 under M'' Burrell, M' Hanchett and
M'' Boldero successively.
Styleman, Robert : son of Weston : born at Beadles Hall, Essex. School : Fel-
stead, under M'' Sim. Lydiat. Admitted pensioner under M'' Sherwill 2 July
1708. Age 17.
LL.B. 1713. Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170|. Ordained deacon, London,
1714 May: priest 1720 June. Inst'', vicar of St Michael, Bp. Stortford
5 June 1722: died before the end of 1748 (Glascock, p. 111). The Rob.
Styleman who was rector of Spixworth, Norfolk 1755-6, of Thwaite 1755-73,
of Calthorpe 1755, and of Burnham Overy 1758-73 was perhaps of Corpus
(B.A. 174i).
Sammes, George : son of John : born at Clapton, Cambs. School : Buntingford,
under M^ England. Admitted sizar under M'' Burrell 7 July 1708. Age 16.
B.A. 171f;-. Admitted .scholar (Samms) 11 Mar. 170-. Ordained deacon,
London, 1713 May.
Byam, Edward: [father not given] : born at Antigua (" Antegoae inter Ameri-
canos "). Admitted pensioner under M"' Sherwill. Date and age not given.
Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170f. Resided till Mich. 1711. Probably son
of Edward Byam (1663-1741) Governor of the Leeward Islands, President in
1707 of the Council of Antigua, by his first wife Mary (? Sarah) Winthrop,
first cousin of Samuel (170J). Pos,sibly the Edv/. Byam admitted at Gray's
Inn 4 Jan. ll'l-. Died 1733. His half brother Francis admitted 1726 (B.A.
17j?^ and Fellow of Trin.) : possibly also another half brother Will, (see Will.
Byam 1720). See History of Antigua, 1. 96-101.
1708—1709 171
Cooke, James : son of James : born in London. School : Eton, under M'' New-
borough. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Moor 29 Sept. 1708. Age not
given.
Resided " in the Master's, over the ante-chapel " till Mich^ 1711. Admitted
at the Inner Temple "son of James, late of London, merchant" 21 Oct. 1708.
Shotter, Roger: [father not given]: born in Surrey. School: Eton, under
Mr Newborough. Admitted pensioner under M' Bourne 1 Nov. 1708. Age 19.
Not found in the Study-rents.
Windle, John:
M.A. 1715. Son of Gerard Windle of Enfield, Staffs., "paup." Matric''. at
Magdalen Hall, Oxford 168S Mar., aged 20 : B.A (Christ Church) 1690. {Al.
Ox. 1689.) M.A. (Christ's) 1715. Rector of Courteenliall, Northants. 1714
(Bridges, 1. 354) : also vicar of Horton, but no dates given {ib. 369).
Martin, William :
Admitted pensioner under M"^ Burrell : appears first in the Easter term
1708. Resided under (1) M"- Burrell, (2) M"- Bourne till Lady Day 1710. Ad-
mitted scholar 11 Mar. 170|. One Will. Martin, second son of Will. Martin
of Holmnicote, Somerset admitted at the Inner Temple 13 Dec. 1709.
French, John : son of John : born at Gazeley, Suffolk. School : Bury, under
M'' Randall. Admitted sizar under M' Bourne 23 Jan. 170f. Age 18.
B.A. 17 If; M.A. 1716. Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170|. Baptised at
Cheveley 18 Dec. 1690, son of John French, by his second wife Abigail, who came
from Bury. Ordained priest, Ely, 1717 Sept. Reader of St Mary's parish
Bury in 1731-7, perhaps longer. Rector of Great Saxham 9 Nov. 1721,
patron, John Carter. Also rector of Horringer [Horningsheath] 175i— 1767.
Buried at Saxham 3 Jan. 1767, aged 77. His widow Elizabeth died 10 Aug.
1772, and with six infant children buried in the same churchyard (Gaze,
Suffolk, 111).
Claphamson, John : son of Henry : born at Fairhill [about eight miles S.W. of
Giggleswick], Yorks. School : Giggleswick, under M"' Armitstead. Admitted
sizar under M'' Moor 7 Feb. 170|. Age 17.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171?. Ordained deacon, York,
1713 Sept.: priest 1718 Sept. Licensed to preach at Headingley Chapel,
Leeds 1728. Vicar of Giggleswick 1730-8. ( Morant- Whitaker, 166.)
Foster, Williani: [father and birth-place not given] of Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M'' Bourne 7 Feb 170f
Age 19.
B.A. 1713. Ordained (Forster) deacon, York, 1712 Dec. : priest 1713 Sept.
One Will. Forster (but M.A. and probably of Oxford) P.O. of St Margaret,
Durham 1719-22: vicar of Aycliife 1723 : vicar of St Oswald, Durham 1725-
65. (See Surtees, 3. 307.)
*Ellis, Edward : son of Thomas : born at Holbeck, Lines. School : Wisbech,
under M"^ Carter. Admitted pensioner under M'' Towers 10 Feb. 170r.
Age 16.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1716. Admitted scholar 11 Mar. 170f. Ordained
deacon, Ely, 1716 Sept. : priest 1717 Dec. Elected Fellow (succeeding
J. Boldero) 21 Dec. 1716; on the mandate of D"' Grigg, V.C., and D'' James
one of his assessors. There is a short note in Uovel's handwriting in his copy
of the V.C.'s injunction saying that he had pointed out to the V.C. his in-
justice in deciding the case without hearing either side. Ellis held no office
during the short tenure of his Fellowsliip : he signs several College orders^
the last on 9 Mar. 17 If. He was buried in the ante-chapel 23 Nov. 1719.
172 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Woods, Henry : son of Hamlet : born at Winwick, Lanes. School : Winwick,
under M'' Wright. Admitted sizar under M'' Sherwill 2-4 Feb. IZOIJ-. Age 18.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 17:^2. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171?-.' Ordained
deacon, London, 1712 Sept. : priest, York, 1713 Sept. Vicar of Lambley,
Notts. 2 June 1719. Chaplain to the Earl of Sunderland. Had dispensation
21 July 1722 to hold also the rectory of Stanford, Notts., distant 10 miles.
One Hen. Woods, M.A., died rector of Wilford, Notts. 1755, aged 66 (Thoroton-
Throsby, 1. 116).
Simpson, Thomas : son of Richard : born at Lancaster. School : Lancaster,
under M'' Boardley. Admitted pensioner under M'' Moor 2 Mar. 170f after
spending two years " in Curiae Hospitio in iuris investigatione." Age 20.
Resided till Lady Day 1711: his name appears for two quarters more, with
the charge crossed out. Admitted at the Middle Temple 26 Nov. 1708, as
son and heir of Richard of Torrisholme, near Lancaster.
Green, Robert : son of Christopher, M.D., Professor of Medicine : born in
Cambridge. School : Stortford, under M'' Tooke. Admitted pensioner under
M'- Sherwill 9 Mar. llOf^. Age 16.
Resided till Lady Day 1712. Admitted scholar 8 July 1710. Admitted
at the Inner Temple 21: Apr. 1712 : then at the Middle Temple 8 Apr. 1721 :
second son of D' Chris. Green (? admitted at Christ's 1650).
Jones, Simon : " Coll. Regal. [A.B. written and crossed out] ast non ex
fundatione Henrici Conditoris, A.B. ad nos (an ut meliora demeusa haberet, an
ut in ordinem Sociorum cooptaretur, non dicam) se contulit." Admitted
pensioner under M'' Moor 7 May 1709. Age not given.
Simon Jones does not appear as B.A. in the Cat. Grad. But he appears as
D" Jones in the Study-rents — residing till Mich^ 1709, and having his name
in the list without charge for room-rent two quarters more.
Two entries here are oddly mixed up. The first is that of
*Chester [John] : written by Moor, the praelector — but not filled up at the time :
the vacant place was filled up by another hand with the account of John
Libanus (see next entry).
Came into residence as pupil of M"' Sherwill at Mids"'. 1709. B.A. 171|;
M.A. 1716. Born 27 Apr. 1693 at Sheriton Hall, third son of Sir John
Chester, of Sheriton afterwards of Chicheley, Bucks. (See Waters, Chesters of
Chichdey, 2. 612.) Admitted scholar 9 July 1709. Elected Fellow in place
of Matt. Baines 16 Feb. 1714. Junior Dean, Catechist, Bunting Preacher
and Steward 1717. Praelector 1718. Received from his father (in his life
time) estates at Lidlington and Tilsworth. Married 15 Feb. 171f Frances,
daughter of Sir Edw. Bagot ; and \acated his Fellowship. Succeded 19 May
172f as sixth baronet — his brother Will, having succeeded their father on
6 Feb. of the same year. Supported the Grenvilles in their political contests
in Bucks. Elected M.P. for Beds. 1741, and voted 10 Dec. 1742 against the
Hanoverians being taken into British pay. Retained his seat till the disso-
lution of 1747. Subscriber to Sanderson's ^l/(/e6r«, 1740. Died 8 Feb. 174|-
and buried at Chicheley, leaving two sons. Sir Chas. Bagot, and Anthony.
Portrait at Chicheley.
Libanus, John : son of John (an exile from Bohemia, religionis ergo) : born at
Ashwell, Herts. School : Buntingford, under M"' England. Admitted sizar
under M'' Hanchett, perhaps 7 May [or later, date not given] 1709. Age 15.
The father, John, was (I think) B.A. (Peterhouse) 1082, and his son Pyers
B.A. at the same College 1744. Admitted scholar 8 July 1710. B.A. 171|;
1709 173
M.A. 1716. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1715 June: priest 1718 Sept. Vicar of
Witcham, in tlie Isle of Ely, 3 Dec. 1720. Had dispensation 3 Apr. 1733 to
hold al.so the vicarage of Witchford. Chaplain to Lord Willoughby de Broke.
Died before Dec. 1746.
Halstead, William : son of Thomas : born in Cambridge. School : Eton, under
M'' Newborough (Uteris mediocriter imbutus). Admitted pensioner under
M"- Boldero and D» Hanchett 20 June 1709. Age 17.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1719. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171f. Ordained
deacon, London, 1715 Dec. Master of the Free School, Buckingham 26 Feb.
172| : perhaps also rector of Farnborough, Hants., 2-1 Nov. 1724. Rector
of Padbury (near Buckingham) 1729-63 : also rector of Thornborough, al.so
near Buckingham. Buried at Thornborough 29 Dec. 1763. (Lipscombe, 2.
584: 3. 117.)
Maryon, John: son of Joseph : born at White Rooden [Roding], Essex. School :
Felstead, under M"' Lydiat. Admitted pensioner under M"' Sherwill 29 June
1709. Age 17.
LL.B. 1714. Born 18 Apr. 1692 {Pedigree of the Maryon family). Admitted
scholar 23 Mar. 171^. Gave the College £10, the "income" of his chamber
15 May 1717: though he seems to have resided only till Mich'. 1714.
Ordained deacon, London, 1714 Sept. : priest 1720 June. Chaplain to Lord
Maynard. Rector of White Roding 1720-60. Had dispensation 25 July
1732 to hold also the rectory of The3'don Garnon, distant 10 miles : resigned
it in 1752. Married 1719 Jane AVeller of Romford, by whom he had two
children, who died young. Died 1760. {East Anglia, 1. 232.)
Ward, John : son of Thomas : born at Willian, Herts. School : Buntingford,
under M'' England. Admitted sizar under M'' Boldero and D* Hanchett
9 July 1709. Age 17.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171J. Ordained deacon, London,
1714 Sept. : priest 1720 July. Licensed to cure of Ganilingay 18 Oct. 1727.
One John Ward (but B.D. — a person not found at either University) pre-
sented by the Bishop of Carlisle to Melbourne, Derbs. 29 Jan. 173|.
Coke, Edward : [father's name not given]: of Derbyshire: born at Constantinople
of a Greek mother. Brought back to England, aged 6, "evitata circumcisionis
nota" (J. Boldero, praelector). School: Harrow, under M'' Bryan. Admitted
pensioner under M"' Boldero 2 Dec. 1709. Age 17.
B.A. 171f. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171" " vindicato electionis iure,
ex agro Derbiensi : nati\o patris solo." (The interpretation of the law on this
point varied strangely : see under James Dodgson, 1710.) Probably not the
son of — Coke of Trusley, Derbs., admitted at Lincoln's Inn 11 June 1718 :
according to Hunter {F.M.G. 575) he died 1719, aged only 19.
Dunn [Joshua] :
Appears as fellow-commoner in Study-rents Mids''. 1709 : but perhaps
the Dunn, admitted as John 4 June 1706 : whom see.
Nowell, Charles :
Matriculated pensioner 1709. Came into residence Mich'. 1709 under
M"' Moor and resided till Dec. 1710.
Backler, Samuel: son of Samuel: born at Ashwell, Herts. School: A.shwell,
under his father. Admitted sizar under M'' Boldero 24 Jan. 17y§. Age 19.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 8 July 1710. Sou of Sam. Backler (1678)
174 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
vicar of Ashvvell. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1714 May, and licensed to
Ash well : priest 1717 Sept. : curate of Rearsby, Leics. Vicar of Lowesby,
Leics. 5 June 1719. Rector of Battlesden, Beds. 17 Feb. 1721.
Rigby, Ralph : son of Adam : born at West Horton, Lanes. School : Winwicki
under M'' Wria;ht. Admitted sizar under M-- Sherwill 28 Mar. 1710, Age 20.
B.A. i71f'; M.A. 1735. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171^. Ordained
deacon. El}', 1714 May. One of the-se names curate of Eyara, Derbs. for
22 years: buried there 22 April 1740 (Cox, Derhs. Churches, 2. 194).
Siday, John : son of John : born at Beauchamp Roding, Essex. School : Fel-
stead, under M"^ Lydiat. Admitted pensioner under M'' Sherwill 16 May
1710. Age 17.
LLB. 1715. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171 f Son of Joh. Siday (Caius)
rector of Beauchamp Roding (1689); and grandson of another rector, also
John (1642). Ordained deacon, London, 1716 Dec. : priest, 1720 Dec. Suc-
ceeded his father as rector 20 Dec. 1720 on the presentation of Mary Siday,
widow — I presume, his mother. Died there 1752 (Morant, 1. 137).
Glover, John : son of John : born at Mansergh, Westmoreland. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale, under M"' Simon Atkinson. Admitted sizar under M'' Moor, 2 May
1710. Age 19.
B.A. 171f. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171f One John Glover of Kirkby
Lonsdale, gent., sent his son Richard to St John's in 1763 (Admissio7is to St
John's, p. l65).
Clieveland, Thomas : son of William, priest : born at Dudley, Worcs. School :
Rugby, under M'' Guy (" alias Henry ") Holyoake. Admitted sizar under
M^ Boldero 25 May 1710. Age 18.
B.A. (Cleiveland) 171f. Admitted scholar (Cleiveland) 16 Feb. 17U.
Born 1 Nov. 1691. Younger son of Will. (1674) vicar of Dudley: brother of
John (1700) : Will, (who came between the two) was admitted at St John's
1708. Ordained deacon, Worcester, 1714 May: priest 1716 Oct. Died at
Pershore (Nichols, Hinckley, 135).
Gawkro(d)ger, John : son of Joseph : born at Heaton, Yorks. School : Brad-
ford, under M^ Clapham. Admitted sizar under M"' Moor 25 May 1710.
Age 17.
B.A. 171f. Admittedscholar (Gawkrodger) 23 Mar. 171f. Accepted for
deacon's orders, York, 1715 Dec. : but not ordained because of a prosecution for
immoral conduct.
*Dodgson, James : son of Edmund : born at Casterton, Westmoreland. School :
Kirkby Lonsdale, under M'' Atkinson. Admitted sizar under M'' Moor 26 May
1710. Age 19.
B.A 171| ; M.A. 1717. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171?. The statement
as to his birthplace is incorrect. His parents' domicile was Casterton : but
he was born in Lancashire, where his mother happened to be at her confine-
ment. He was elected Fellow as a Westmoreland man at the end of 1714 or
early in 1715. On this ground D"^ Tho. Sherlock, V.C. (with one assessor)
pronounced the election invalid [see under Will. Edwards, p. 169. See Adam
Wall— siss. (Mm V. 48, page 42 (23))]. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1713 May:
priest, Norwich, 1714 Dec. Chaplain to Earl Stanhope. Vicar of St Ives,
Hunts., 1717. Had dispensation 3 May 1722 to hold also the rectory of
Yelling, distant four miles. Died 1735 Oct. {Lambeth Register.)
1710 175
Metcalfe, John : son of Christopher : born at Shawcoat [?], Yorks. School : Rich-
mond (schola Rigodunensis), under M'' Thomson. Admitted sizar under
M'' Metcalfe 27 May 1710. Age 18.
B.A. 171f. Admitted scholar 23 March 171°. Ordained priest, York,
1716 Sept.
King, Joseph : son of John : born at Scottow, Norfolk. Educated by M'' Saunders.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Boldero 15 June 1710. Age 20.
Included b}' the praelector, John Boldero, in one entry with the next,
Tho. Tingey, with the comment: "quorum neuter Collegium aut vidit aut
visurus est : admissi ad fidem et rogatum cuiusdam Joauuis King, schismatici,
et fanaticae congregationis pseudodidascali apud Wellingborough." M"' Boldero
was right in his prophecy : neither seems ever to have resided : but the history
of their admission rests unexplained : tlie praelector records that each paid his
admission fee.
Tingey, Thomas : son of John : born at Shelton ['(], Hunts. Educated by
M'' Goodwin. Admitted sizar under M'' Boldero 15 June 1710. Age 19.
Never resided : see under Jos. King, above.
*'Wade, George: son of Ralph : born at Richmond, Yorks. School: Richmond,
under M'' Thomson. Admitted " Uteris tum Graecis tum Latinis prope in-
structus " sizar under M'' Boldero 18 June 1710. Age 18.
B.A. 171| ; M.A. 1717 ; D.D. {com. reg.) 1728. Admitted scholar 23 Mar.
171f^. Kept "in the Master's over the Parlour," together with the Hon.
Cha. Maynard (perhaps as his sizar) till he became B.A. Ordained deacon,
London, 171iMarch: priest, Lincoln, 171f Feb. : licensed to cure of St Andrew,
Hertford. Elected Fellow in place of Tho. Metcalfe, 3 May 1716. Fellow-
ship declared vacant i July 1717 : he had married. Vicar of Gainsborough
4 July 1719: patron, the Bishop : and on the same day collated to the prebend
of Corringham, Lincoln. His successor appointed 3 Nov. 1746. He left £10
to the Library. Author : A sermon on llie nature and consequences of
partiality 1721: A short enquiry into the doctrine oj' the Trinity. Editor of
the Odes of Horace, 4to. London, Bowyer, 1731.
Perkins, William : son of William : rector of Colsterworth, Lines. Educated
there by his father. Admitted pensioner under M"' Metcalfe 20 June 1710.
Age 17.
Admitted scholar 16 Feb. 17U. Resided till Xmas 1712.
•Wilkinson, Thomas : son of Francis : born at Broughton, Yorks. School :
Skipton, under M'' Sharpe. Admitted sizar under M"' Moor 30 June 1710.
Age 18.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1717. A M"- Crofts was Master of Skipton School 1690-
1715 : M'' Sharpe does not appear in the Skipton parish registers: [T. W.
Edmunds, New York Univ'] : but he may have had a pri\ ate school. Perhaps
Skipton is a mistake for Shipton. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171^^. Elected
Fellow, into the room of M' Standish 19 June 1714 "authoritate visitatoria."
Ordained deacon, York, 1714 Dec. Junior Lean, Catechist and Steward
(which office he resigned) 1718. Steward 1720. Taxor 1719. Resided (but
held no further office) till 1725 when he was presented (9 Sept.) to the
vicarage of Caldecot, which Josias Cockshott resigned after a year's tenure.
He kept his Fellowship, but seems to have lived at Caldecot, as he never
signs after Jan. 172y. He died in 1731 and was buried at Great St Andrew's,
176 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Oct. 16. Resident or not, he lived beyond his means for on 14 June 1732 it
was agreed " that the Master borrow £50 upon a College bond and likewise
take out of the Treasury for the discharging of debts due from M"' Wilkinson
to the several stewards."
Pyemont, Wilfred : son of John : born at Lofthouse, in the parish of Rothwell,
Yorks. School not given. He passed " a long servitude of seven years in a
bookseller's shop at Wakefield." Admitted pensioner under M'' Boldero
3 July 1710. Age 20.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1718. Grandson of Joh. Pymont of Heath, near
Wakefield : his father John, married Ann Bower. Admitted scholar 23 Mar.
17 If. Ordained (as questionist) deacon, Ely, 1713 Dec. : priest, Norwich,
1714 Dec. Licensed to Althorp and Wood Newton, Northants. Chaplain to
the Earl of Westmoreland (Hunter, F.M.G. 492), who presented him to the
vicarage of Tudeley, near Tonbridge 16 Apr. 1716 : had license not to reside
Apr. 25. Rector of Kings Clifl"e, Northants. 5 Oct. 1726.
Sloane, Joseph : son of Jame.s : born at Boswell Court, London. School : Cheam,
Surrey, under M'' Lloyd where " prima Grammaticae et Rhetoricae elementa
gustavit, immo et feliciter digessit ! " Admitted pensioner under M'' Sherwill
4 July 1710, " iam philosophicam colit Minervam." Age 20.
B.A. 17 1|. Admitted scholar 16 Feb. 171|. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1715 Sept. ; licensed to Ashwell, Beds. [sic\. Died without issue (Burke,
Ext. Bar. 491).
York(e), John : son of John : born in Cambridge. School : Hyssen [Histon],
under M'' Scaife. Admitted sizar under M'' Baines [no month] 1710. Age 15.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar (Yorke) 23 Mar. 171f. Ordained deacon,
Ely, 1717 Dec. : priest, Lincoln, 1719 Sept. Curate of Blunham, Beds. Pro-
bably vicar of Wendon, Essex 21 Nov. 1728 till 1730, when he died (Morant,
2. 593).
*Hutton, Matthew :
B.A. (Jesus) 171f ; M.A. 1717; D.D. (Christ's) 1728. Born 5 Jan. 169f,
son of John Hutton of Marske (1659—1731) and of Dorothy Dyke of Trant,
[so D.N.B. ? Frant], Sussex. Educated at Kirby Hill, Richmond. Admitted
at Jesus 22 June 1710. Elected Fellow of Christ's, succeeding Geo. Wade,
8 July 1717. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1718 Sept. : signs, as minister, at Whit-
tlesey St Mary 1718 : priest 1719 May. Praelector, Junior Dean, Catechist,
Bunting Preacher and Steward 1721 : but in Dec. 1721 he foruially resigns
tlie last office, and I find his signature only once more (in 1724) : he was
private chaplain to the Duke of Somerset — and, as such, was probably subject
to the " detentio violenta " which according to an interpretation of the Statute
prevented residence : his pupils — he had a few — cease at the same date. In
1726 the Duke presented him to the rectory of Trowbridge, Wilts, and his
fellowship was vacant before June 1727. Rector of Spofforth, Yorks. (same
patron) 1 April 1730; Prebendary of York 18 May 1734. Accompanied
George II to Hanover 1736. Canon of Windsor 27 Mar. 1737: of West-
minster 18 May 1739. In his subsequent preferments he followed step by
step Tho. Herring: becoming Bishop of Bangor 13 Nov. 1743 : Archbishop of
York 28 Nov. 1747 : Archbishop of Canterbury 13 Apr. 1757. He died in
Duke Street, Westminster 18 March 1758 having held his final preferment less
than one year : buried in Lambeth church. He seems hardly to have been a
great man, tiiough so highly placed : he is said to have been " ciieerful and
amiable " and he "never let himself down below the dignity of an archbishop."
1710—1711 177
In opinions he was supposed to be latitudinarian (D.N.B.). He married in
173| Mary Lutman of Petworth: by whom he had two daughtei-s (Hasted says,
sons). Two nephews (sons of his elder brother John of Marske) were at
Christ's, viz. John (1747) and James (1756) : and two grandiiephews, sons of
John the third, John (1791) and Timothy (1796) benefactors to the Library. He
left at his death £50,000 "amassed in 12 years out of the Church " — according
to E. Pyle (^Memoirs of a Royal Chaplain, p. 76) — "and not one penny to any
good use." In 1754 he gave £100 to the University Library Fund. Hutton
subscribed to Sanderson's Algebra, published 1740.
Clark, Edward:
M.A. 1717. Son of Oswald of Greystoke, Cumberland : matric''. at Queen's
College, Oxford 27 Mar. 1707, aged 18. B.A. 1710, incorporated at Cambridge
1717 : M.A. (Christ's) 1717. {At. Ox. 279.) OneEdw. Clark, rector of Hasel-
beach, Northants., about this time (Bridges, 2. 37).
Fish, Robert : son of Pethuel : born at Stokesley, Yorks. School : Stokesley,
under M'' John Forster. Admitted pensioner under M"' Sherwill 1 Feb. 171^.
Age 16.
B.A. (Fysh) 1714; M.A. 1718. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Ordained
deacon, York, 1717 Sept. : priest 1718 Sept. Perhaps rector of Slingsby,
Yorks. 4 Dec. 1718. Rector of Kirkby-Underdale, Yorks., 1 Feb. 1730.
Prebendary of York 21 July 1731 till his death in 1739.
Bland, Edward: son of James : born at Killington, Westmoreland. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale, under M'' Simon Atkinson. Admitted sizar under M'' Moor 15 Feb.
171^. Age 18.
B.A. 17 If. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 17 If. Ordained deacon, Chichester,
1715 June: priest 1718 Sept. Rector of Stanmer, Sussex, 1727. Chaplain to
the Earl of Ashburnham. Had dispensation 22 Jan. 173| to hold also the
rectory of Pyecombe, distant four miles. Held both till his death 17 Oct. 1769.
Buried at Stanmer.
Deakin, John: son of Francis: born at Lichfield. School : Lichfield, under M'' Shaw.
Admitted sizar under D' Husband 21 Mar. 171f. Age 17.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 23 Mar. 171f. Ordained deacon, Lichfield,
1715 Sept.
Hall, Gilbert: son of Charles, rector of Kettlethorp, Lines. [Notts.]. School:
Gainsborough, under M"" Waterworth \sic\. Admitted sizar under M'' Metcalfe
3 Apr. 1711. Age 18 [sic].
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Born 7 Nov. 1691, son of
Charles (1669) by his wife, Eliz. Skoles. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1716 May,
and licensed to Kettlethorp to receive £20 a year " et mensam et equum " :
priest in Sept. Married at Barn borough 12 Aug. 1725 Anne, daughter of Geo.
Mompesson, rector {Derbs. Arch. J. 5. 116). Rector of Kettlethorp, Notts.
5 Sept. 1728 on his fathei-'s death, presented by Cha. Hall, Esq. of Harrington,
Lines. Had sons : Charles, buried 1726 Sept. 14 ; and Gilbert, in Holy Orders
(Hunter, F.M.G. 568). Buried at Kettlethorp 14 Mar. 1779, aged 87. (In-
formation from Rev. J. Bell, rector.) The Halls were owners of Kettlethorp
until 1774 when it passed by marriage out of the family.
Denham, David: son of David : born in Sussex. School : Lewes (apud Lesvam)
under M'' Peirce. Admitted sizar (post multas preces aegre obtinuit pater)
under M'' Metcalfe 15 May 1711. Age 18.
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178 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
B.A. 1714. Ordained deacon, London, 1714 March: priest, Chichester,
1718 Sept. Rector of Waltham, near Petworth, Sussex 22 Sept. 1718-31.
Rector of Pett 1731-45, when he died.
Haden, FuUwood : son of Henry : born at Haden Hill, Staffs. School : Hales-
owen, under M'' Thorpe. Admitted sizar under M'' Boldero 3 June 1711.
Age 18.
B.A. 171|; M.A. 1722. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Ordained
deacon, "Worcester, 1715 June; priest, Peterborough, 1717 June. Chaplain
to Lord Napier. Rector of Quinton, Northants. Had dispensation from
Lambeth 29 Jan. 174| to hold also the rectory of Middleton or Milton, distant
two miles.
Cowper, John: son of Spencer (legum peritissimus, brother of Will., Baron
Wingham, Lord Chancellor). School : Westminster, under D'' Friend. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M' Boldero 25 June 1711. Age not given.
D.D. (com. reg.) 1728. Son of Spencer (168^), Justice of the Common
Pleas, and of Pennington Goodere. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713 : resided
till Mich. 1713. Rector of Great Berkhampstead, Herts. 1722. Married Anne,
daughter of Roger Donne of Ludham Hall, Norfolk, who died 1737 aged 34.
Father of Will. Cowper, the poet, who was born at Berkhampstead 26 Nov.
1731. Died 1756 (Berry, Herts. Genealogies, 171); buried at Hertingfordbury.
Fenwick, Edward : son of Edward : born at Stamfordham, Northumberland.
School : Stamfordham, under M"' Salkeld. Admitted .sizar under M'' Aynsley
19 Sept. 1711. Age 18.
B.A. 1716. Admitted scholar 3 Nov. 1712. Brother of Ambrose (1707)
and son of Edw., vicar of Stamfordham, by his wife Miss Liddel of Redheugh,
Gateshead and of Ogle Castle. Ordained deacon, York, 1716 Sept. : priest
1718 Sept. Vicar of Whelpington 1721. Miirried Anne Newton of Hawk-
well, by whom he had two sons and six daughters. Died 24 July 1734
(Hodgson, II. i. 341).
Dawson, Josias : son of William : born at Haltou Gill [above Arncliff'e in Craven],
Yorks. School: Giggleswick, under M''Armitstead. Admitted pensioner under
M'- Moor 23 Feb. 171 A. Age 18.
B.A. 171|; M.A'. 1719. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Ordained
deacon, Carlisle, by letters dimissory from York, 1717 Dec. : priest, London
17^5^ March. Both he and the Josias Dawson admitted 1729 were probably
great-grandsons of the Josias of Halton Gill who married Mary Foster of
Langcliffe, father of Christopher (1663) of Langcliffe Hall, father of William
(169A), father of Ambrose (1724), second cousin of the Josiases.
Carr, James : son of Thomas : born at Stackhouse [near Settle], Yorks. School :
Giggleswick, under M"' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M"' Boldero 23 Feb.
171i. Age 19.
B.A. 171f. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Born 1691, son of Tho. Carr
of Stackhouse, and of Margaret Stackhouse of Hartington : brother of John
(1707). Ordained deacon, York, 1716 Sept. : priest 1718 June. Rector of
Addingham, Leeds, 17 Mar. 1723. Curate of Bolton Chapel in Wharfdale, on
the nomination of the Earl of Burlington 11 Oct. 1726. Died 1745. (Morant-
Whitaker, 162 and 292.)
Hargraves, Thomas : son of James : born at Knight [?] Stainforth, Yorks. School :
Giggleswick, under M"' Armitstead. Admitted sizar under M' Boldero 23 Feb.
171i. Age 18.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1722. Ordained deacon, York, l7]f Feb.: priest 1716 Dec.
1712 179
Woodyear, Richard : son of George : born at Crookhill in the parish of Cunning-
borough [? Conisbrough], Yorks. School : Doncaster, under M"^ Withers [Edm.
(1691)]. Admitted pensioner under M'' Boldero 13 Apr. 1712. Age 16.
B.A. 171|; M.A. 1722. Admitted scholar (Woodyeare) 26 Mar. 171.3.
Usher at the grammar school, King's Lynn, 1716-18. His mother was Alice,
daughter of Ri. Tathara, clerk of Kirklington. Ordained deacon, York, 1718
June. Licensed to preach in the parish church of Hunsworth 1728. Vicar
of Hutton Bushell 9 May 1729-36.
Allen, Thomas: son of Samuel : born at Staveley Netherthor|i, Derbs. Scliool :
Chesterfield, under M'' Browne. Admitted sizar under M'' Metcalfe 15 May
1712. Age 18.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Ordained deacon, Ely, 171|^
Feb. : priest, York, 1717 Sept. OneTho. Allen, B.A., was rector of Stockton,
Warw. 24 July 1729 : but perhaps of New College, Oxford.
Watson, William : son of William : born at Kirby [no more], Yorks. School :
Richmond, under M'' Thomson. Admitted sizar under M' Boldero 25 May 1712.
Age 17.
B.A. 171 j; M. A. 1734. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Ordained deacon,
York, 1717 Sept. : priest 1719 Sept. Licensed to Kingsthorpe near Northamp-
ton 3 Aug. 1720. Died {1 at Kingsthorpe) 12 Apr. 1738 (Baker, Northants.
1. 69, 70). One Will. Watson, B.A., curate of Whitcliurch, Salop, 18 Sept.
1722 : but perhaps of Trinity.
Gardiner, Edmund : son of Edmund : born at Stoke Ash, Suffolk. School : Eye,
under M"^ Bridge. Admitted pensioner under M' Metcalfe 9 June 1712. Age 16.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 26 March 1713.
Bellis, Samuel : son of Robert ; born at Ince, Cheshire. Educated there by his father,
the rector of Ince. Admitted sizar under M'' Metcalfe 13 June 1712. Age 19.
B.A. 171f. Baptised at Ince 7 May 1693: see under his father p. 98.
Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Ordained priesi, York, 1718 June. Two
brothers followed him here, John (1715), Robert (1721). The father was
admitted 168|^.
Graves, Gawen : son of John : born in St Martin's parish, London. School :
King's College School, Cambridge, under M'' Baker. Admitted sizar under
M-- Boldero 14 June 1712. Age 19.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1730. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Ordained deacon,
London, 1721 Dec. Vicar of Burnham Overy, Norfolk 1729-42, patron, the
Crown.
Sorsbie, John : son of Malin, rector of Ryton, Durham. School : Newcastle,
under M"' Jurin. Admitted sizar under M'" Atherton 19 June 1712. Age 18.
B.A. 171|; M.A. 1720. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Malin Sorsbie,
the father, was elected fellow of St John's 10 April 1660, displaced at the
Restoration, but replaced by order from the King 17 Feb. 16G§ (Baker-Ma3'or,
1. 298, 541): he was vicar'of Ryton on Tyne 1679-1706. John, the son,
was ordained deacon, London, 1716 Dec. Rector of Penhurst, Sussex Mar.
172^-64: also rector of Crowhurst 1730-64. Buried at Penhurst 25 April
1764. A M"' Sorsbie was master of a school at Battle before 1726, and down
to 1731.
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Stebbing, James: son of Thomas: horn at Castle Hed(d)ingham, Suffolk. School :
Bury, under (1) M'' Leeds, (2) M"^ Randall. Admitted pensioner under
IVP Boldero 19 June 1712. Age 17.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1719. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Rector of
Nacton, Suffolk. (Davy.)
Molineux, Charles: son of Francis, eques auratus: born at Teversall, Notts.
School: Westminster. Admitted pensioner under M'' Boldero 6 July 1712.
Age 17.
Admitted at Gray's Inn 5 April 1712. Admitted scholar (Molyneux)
26 Mar. 171.3. Resided till Mich. 1715 ; his name is on the list in Study-rents
for two quarters more, but without charge. Son of Sir Francis (1672) of
Teversall (fourth baronet) and of Diana Howe: brother of John (1703) who
died in his father's lifetime. Succeeded his father in 1742 as fifth baronet.
High Sheriff of Notts. Died unmarried 28 July 1764 (Kimber, 1. 65).
*Finch, Henry : fourth son of Daniel, Earl of Nottingham : born at Exton, Ruts.
School : Eton, under M'' Newborough. Admitted fellow-commoner "omnibus
felicissimi ingenii dotibus instructissimus," under M' Boldero 19 Aug. 1712.
Age 17.
M.A. 1714. Elder brother of Edward Finch (Hatton), Fellow 1728-46.
Nominated by his father a Fellow on the Finch and Baines foundation 30 Sept.
1713 — before he had taken his degree. He was a candidate for the repre-
sentation of the University in Parliament in December 1720, when he was
defeated by the Hon. Tho. VVilloughby. He succeeded elsewhere before 1736
when (on June 7) the Master, D'' Towers, declared his Fellowship vacant.
Finch appealed and on 19 June 1736 the Master had to report that D'' Adams,
V.C., with his assessors D'' Colbatch and D'' Gooch had reinstated M"' Finch.
The ground as stated in the V.C.'s sentence was that the Master had "amoved
him from his Fellowship without any summons or notice, without his being
first heard and without assigning any cause " (Master's Book of Statutes).
From an account in Adam Wall's mss. (Univ. Lib. Mm v. 48, p. 64) it appears
that Towers ejected him (1) because he was non-resident — he was actually
H.M. Receiver General at Minorca and resided there regularly : (2) because
he was M.P. which implied property more than was permissible to a Fellow.
There was a curious dispute as to the action of the V.C In Finch's appeal
it was stated that he had been ejected "without consent of the Fellows." In
Atherton's copy of the Statutes there is a note to the sentence "these or the
like words were after some debate inserted in the place [after the words
" without assigning any cause "] as they stood in M'' Finch's appeal, and very
solemnly agreed to by the V.C. and both his assessors in Sidney Lodge, but
afterwards were in a fraudulent and clandestine manner struck out by the
V.C. alone [prolsably on the instigation of D'' Towers] and the sentence signed
inadvertently by the senior Doctor as above." They do not appear in the
sentence in the Master's copy of the Statutes, where it was required to be
entered. M"^ Finch despite his non-residence held his Fellowship for 36 years
and resigned it by letter to the Master, D"" Rooke, 7 Oct. 1749.
*Hunt, Daniel : son of Thomas : born at Exton, Ruts. School : Oakham, under
M"- Wright. Admitted sizar under M-- Boldero 19 Aug. 1712. Age 17.
B.A. 171f-; M.A. 1720. Admitted scholar, 3 Nov. 1712. It may be in-
ferred that he was brought up by Henry Finch. Elected Fellow, succeeding
John Chester 2 Feb. 1719. Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1719 Sept. :
priest, Ely, 1719. In 1720 there came a mandate that Dan. Hunt should enjoy
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liis Fellowship while acting as chaplain to M' Finch, envoy to Sweden in 1720
(Misc. drawer, Ak). I do not know what M'' Finch this is. Whether in
Sweden or after return to England, M"' Hunt died before Oct. 1723.
At this point there is a gap in the Admissions from Aug. 1712 to Sept.
1714. Five leaves in the book are left blank. The Praelectors were for the first
year, Thomas Husband, for the second Ben. Dowse. Each was in residence
and acted as Steward for the year. The register of matriculations gives the
names of all who were admitted except two, Bellasis and Conder, who were
not matriculated, but appear in the Study-rents only.
Tyrrill, Jonas :
M.B. 1718. Admitted pensioner under M'' Boldero, before Dec. 1712 :
scholar 26 Mar. 1713 : and resided first in this quarter.
Haughton, Adam :
B.A. 171~. Admitted before December 1712 as a pensioner under
M"' Boldero : came into residence next term. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713.
Son of Adam Haughton of Corpus, rector of Hockliffe, Beds. 1687-1713 : his
son-in-law, Walter Foot, held the lis'ing 1713—19. Ordained priest, Lincoln,
1719 May : and instituted at the same time to the rectory of Hockliffe : in-
ducted 4 June (parish register). He seems to have died suddenly and was
buried at Hockliffe (M.l.) 10 May 1743. His mother Rebecca (daughter of
Hezekiah Slingsby a former rector, and granddaughter of Rob. Gilpin, also
i-ector) died one year after her son, 1 Sept. 1744, aged SO. Her daughter
Mary, widow of Walter Foot, died 24 July 1760, aged 70. (Information from
Rev. T. B. Tathani.)
Bagge, Samuel:
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1720. Admitted pensioner under M'' Towers before
Easter 1713 : and kept the Easter term. Matric''. 1713. Admitted scholar
26 Mar. 1713. Born in Norfolk 1695 : perhaps son of John Bagge of King's
Lynn, who married in 1692 Sarah Thacker, of Lynn and had two sons Samuel
and John. (Burke, Family Records, '21.) Ordained deacon, Ely, 1718 Dec. :
priest, Norwich, 1719 Dec. ; and licensed to Bircham Newton, Norfolk. One
Simon Bagge was rector of Bircham Newton 1719 (Blometield, 5. 1249) ; and
also of Bircham Tofts 1721 {ib. 1246) : is Simon an error for Samuel 1 There
was a Simon Bagge M.A. (Caius) 1681.
Simcoe, John :
B.A. 171y. Admitted pensioner under M"' Atherton before Lady Day 1713.
Kept the Easter term. Matric''. 1713. Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Per-
haps son of Will. Simcoe (1672). Ordained deacon, Carlisle, 1717 Dec:
priest, York, 1719 Sept. Married a cousin of Charles, Duke of Somerset,
who presented him to the vicarage of Tadcaster 3 Sept. 1725 : died and buried
there 24 Nov. 1734. Possibly also vicar of Woodhorn 1724 (Hodgson,
Northumher''. ll. ii. 91 makes Will. Simcoe (above) the vicar, but wrongly :
Will, died 1714). Married (1) Anne, daughter of Nat. Ellison, Prebendary of
Durham, (2) Jane, widow of Ra. Watson (1707), who died 1721. (Informa-
tion from J. Ross Robertson of Toronto.)
Willis, Robert: son of Henry Willis of Bury St Edmunds, and educated there.
In Dec. 1715 the governors decided to pay £6 towards his maintenance
(S.H.A.H.).
B.A. 17 1|^. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton before Lady Day 1713.
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Matric'*. 1713. Admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Began to reside Easter
1713. Of Suffolk. Ordained deacon, London, 1717 Dec: priest, Ely, 17i§
March. Curate of Troston, Suffolk 1719-24. Rector of Troston 1724-49.
Also held from 1742-9 the rectory of West Stow, on the presentation of
Sir Jermyn Davers. Buried at Troston 7 Jan. 174|^ (West Stow Jiegisters,
page 128).
Bellasis, [William] :
Appears in Stud}'-rents as a fellow-commoner under M'' Boldero, before
Mids^ 1713 — but not in residence. Resided from Mids''. to Christmas 1713.
Never matriculated. Admitted at Trinity (Will. Belasj'se) 1 Jan. 171|.
Livesay, Robert :
Matric''. pensioner 1714 July. A Will. Livesay was admitted scholar 31 Mar.
1715. One Livesay was admitted under M"^ Atherton before Mids'. 1713, and
appears each quarter but with no charge against him (probably not resident)
till Mids. 1714 when he kept "in the Master's by the Parlour" (i.e. in the
Library at the Lodge); there he remained till Mich. 1715. Probably there
was but one — Will., wrongly matric''. as Robert.
Marshall, Thomas :
B.A. 1714; M.A. 1721. Admitted pensioner under M'' Moor, coming
into residence Mich. 1713 : but admitted scholar 26 Mar. 1713. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1717 July, and licensed to Southoe, Hunts. : priest 1722 May:
licensed to curacy of Little Staughton, Beds. Master of the Free School,
Peterborough. Vicar of St John Baptist, Peterborough 1726-48. Minor
Canon of the Cathedral. Died 1748.
Holdsworth, Jude :
B.A. 171|; M.A. 1723. Perhaps son of Jude Holdsworth (1677) Fellow
and afterwards rector of Reed, Herts. Admitted pensioner under M'' Metcalfe
before December 1713 — but did not reside till Easter 1715, though admitted
scliolar 2 Dec. 1713: and matriculated 1714. Ordained deacon, London,
1719 June. Licensed 1721 to curacy of Smarden, Kent. Chaplain to Lady
Frances Colepeper. Rector of Hinxhill, Kent 18 Aug. 1722, presented by
Tho. Witherden. Had dispensation from Lambeth 3 Aug. 1723 to hold also
the vicarage of Tong, distant 15 miles: resigned this 10 Nov. 1750. As
Chaplain to the Archbishop had dispensation, Nov. 1750 to hold the rectory of
Ruckinge, 16 miles from Hinxhill.
Say, William: born at East Hatley 5 Dec. 1696, youngest son of Francis, the
rector: brother of Fra. (1706): a brother, John, was the Master's godson.
He was exceptionally poor for on 13 Jan. 171|^ there was a College order that
he should have his B.A. degree without 23a}'ing the usual 50s. to the College.
B.A. 171| ; M.A. (as Will. Cray Say) 1724. Resided in the Mich, term
1713 "in the Masters in the sizars chamber." Perhaps the present passage-
room at the Lodge : someone lived "over the sizars chamber": it was therefore
not an attic, nor the small room over the ante-chapel. Matric''. sizar 171|.
Admitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715. Ordained deacon, London, 1719 Sept. : priest,
Rochester, 1720 Dec. Chaplain to the Countess of Rockingham. Rector of
East Hatley, Cambs. 1722. Had dispensation from Lambeth to hold also the
rectory of Hatley St George, distant one mile 2 June 1746. Died, unmarried,
Nov. 1751. The following is part of a letter of commendation of Will. Cray
Say, written 13 Sept. 1719 to the Bishop of London by D'' Covel (then 79 years
of age) : " This gentleman M' Will. Say, comes to wait on you for Deacons
Oiders. As for iiis morals, he hath been my sizar and doniestick these 4
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yeares : and I will vouch him for a sober and civil person ; as for his learning
he is of age and I doubt not but he will be able to answer for himself; yet I
must confess he may want a month of '23 yeares of age. But give me leave
thus humbly to apologize for him ; some men grow Men very early : some
men never will be men : M'' Say, I verily believe, will appear to your Lordship
a Man : and one of sense and discretion." (Letter preserved in the family :
and communicated by C. F. Booty, M. A.)
Lowder, Richard :
Matric"*. sizar 1713. Not found in the Study-rents : probably never
resided.
Conder, — :
Appears in Study-rents in the quarter ending December 1713, as a
pupil (probably pensioner) of M'' Moor: resided till December 1715. He
seems not to have matriculated.
Chippingdale, John :
B.A. 171|^; M.A. 17:21. Admitted a pupil of M"^ Boldero. Came into
residence Easter 171 1. Matric''. sizar 171|. Scholar 31 Mar. 1715. Oi-dained
deacon, York, 1718 June : priest, Ely, 1719 Dec. Probably vicar of Skipwith,
near Selby, Yorks. 29 Apr. 1729.
Wetherherd, William :
A pupil of M' Atherton. Came into residence Easter 1714 ; resided till
Dec. 1715 : name on the list, without charge, one quarter more. Matric"*.
pensioner 1714 July. Admitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715. Probably the Will.
Wetherhead (the spelling varies in our books) son and heir of Christo]iher
of Knight's Staniforth, Yorks., admitted at Gray's Inn 11 June 1716.
Atkins, Richard:
B.A. 1711; M.A. (Peterhouse) 1721; D.D. 1733. Born 1694: son of
Ri. Atkins (1681) grandson of Sir Edw., Chief Baron of the E.xchequer. Pupil
of M'' Atherton. On the Boards from Easter 1714 : came into residence at
Mids"'. Matric''. pensioner 1714 July. Admitted scliolar 31 Mar. 1715.
Perhaps the Ri. Atkins, M.A., who became rector of Lee, Kent 1731 July ;
resigned 1745. (Hasted, 1. 68.) Died 1745 (Davy).
Okeover, Rowland :
Pupil of M"' Towers, from Easter 1714 : afterwards of M'' Dowse till June
1717. Matric"*. pensioner, 1714 July. Born 1700, grandson of Sir Rowland of
Okeover, in Dovedale, Staffs. : son of Thomas, of Tilney St Lawrence, Norfolk
(so Glover, Derbs. 2. 64), by his wife Eliz., daughter of Tho. Farmer of Oldbury,
Warwick : first cousin of Thomas of Okeover, father of Leeke and William
(1718). Admitted at the Middle Temple 17 Nov. 1715. Married (1) Patience
Farmer of Atherston, (2) Alice, daughter of John Gregory, merchant, of Lon-
don, by whom he had a son Rowland Farmer of Oldbury Hall, born 1745.
Lived at Oldbury. Died 11 Feb. 1764, aged 64.
Randall, John :
B.A. 171| ; M.A. 1727. Pupil of M"' Atherton, in the quarter ending Mids.
1714. Keeping "in the Master's over M' Ma}mard." Matric''. sizar 1714 July.
Scholar 31 Mar. 1715. Born in Suffolk 1696 : perhaps the son of John Randall
(1686) Headmaster of Bury, who was admitted at St John's, 27 Dec. 1712,
aged 15 or 16 : but seems not to have resided. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1719
May. "Schoolmaster and agriculturist" (D.N.B. doubtfully). Master of
the academy at Heath, near Wakefield. Later had a private school at York.
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Author of The Semi-Virgilian Husbandry .. .with the Philosophy of Agriculture.,
1764. Invented a seed-furrow plough, which he described in a treatise, 1764 :
see Gent. Mag. 1764, page 460, 532 (D.N.B.). Possibly the rector of Thelveton,
Norfolk who succeeded in 1728 another John Randall, probably his father.
One John Randall was head-master of Guildford School 171- to 172- (Carlisle).
Wrongly identified in Cooper-LeKeux, with John Randall the musical
composer, Mus.E. 1744, who was born in 1715.
Burrow, William :
B.A. 171|; M.A. 1732. Pupil of M' Boldero from Easter 1714. Matric<>.
sizar 1714 July. Scholar 3 May 1716.
Thomson, James :
B.A. 171|. Pupil of M"- Boldero, from Easter 1714. Matric". sizar 1714
July. Scholar (Lanes.) 3 May 1716. Possibl}' the James Thompson presented
by Sir Tho. Lowther to the perp. curacy of Cartmell in Furness and instituted
13 May 1732. Died 1740, probably intestate (Croston-Baines, 5. 636).
Dobson, William :
B.A. 171^. Pupil of M'- Metcalfe from Easter 1714. Matric*. sizar 1714
July. Admitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715.
Ferman, James:
Pupil of M"' Atherton. Admitted before Mids. 1714: began to reside
after Midsummer: remained till Mich. 1716. Matric*. sizar 1714 Dec. Ad-
mitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715.
Cooke, John :
Pupil of M' Boldero: resided from Mids. 1714-Lady Day 1719— the last
part under M'' Dowse. Matric*. pensioner 1714 Dec. Admitted scholar
31 Mar. 1715. Perhaps the John Cooke, Esq. who subscribed to Sanderson's
Algebra, 1740.
Leader, Robert :
Pupil of M' Atherton. Had his name on the Boards for the quarter
ending Mich. 1714, with no charge : resided Mich. -Lady Day 1715 : name
on for one quarter more. Matric*. pensioner 1714 Dec. Admitted scholar
31 Mar. 1715.
*Raye, Thomas :
B.A. 171^; M.A. 1721. On the Boards without charge for the quarter
ending Mich. 1714: came into residence at Mich. Matriculated pensioner 1714
Dec. Scholar 31 Mar. 1715. Elected Fellow in place of Edw. Ellis 14 Nov.
1719. Ordained priest, Peterborough, 1723 Sept. Praelector, Junior Dean,
Catechist and Bunting Preacher 1722. Senior Dean and Knapwell Preacher
1727 : on 12 Jan. 172^ he was appointed curate of Fen Drayton: and he
hardly ever signs the Order book afterwards : on 22 Feb. 172f iiis Fellowship
was declared void : probably he had accepted a living. One of these names
was Master of Woodbridge School 1736-74 (Carlisle, 2. 358) : probably also
P.O. of Walpole St Mary, near Halesworth 1760-74 : rector of Dallinghoe
1747-73 : rector of Shottisham, near Woodbridge 1765-74. Possibly this
man was B.A. 17|§ of Emmanuel.
Mason, Joshua :
B.A. 171| ; M.A. 1730. Pupil of M'' Atherton. On the Boards, without
charge, in the quarter ending Mich. 1714 : came into residence at Mich.
Matric*. sizar, 1714 Dec. Scholar (of Lines. ) 1 1 Apr. 1717. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1718 June; licensed to Buckminster, Leics. : priest 1720 June;
curate of Gunby, Lines.
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Boldero, John :
B.A. 171|. Matriculated sizar 1715. Admitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715.
Probably lived in the rooms of his uncle John, Fellow and Tutor : he does
not appear with any charge against him in Study-rents. Only son of Simon
Boldero, B.A. (Jesus) 1679, and rector of Woolpit 1715-23, when he died.
Ordained deacon, Peterborough, 1719 Sept. ; licensed to Woolpit as curate to
his father: priest, Ely, 1720 (when it is stated in the Subscription Book that
he was born in Suffolk in 1696). Rector of Woolpit, in succession to his
father by dispensation from Lambeth, Mar. 1723. Married 17 Oct. 1728
Martha Taylor of Woolpit. Was devisee to his uncle John, rector of Clipston,
who however survived him. Buried at Woolpit 25 Aug. 1746.
Underwood, Luke :
B.A. 171|. Pupil of M"' Atherton. Name on the Boards, without charge
for the quarter from Mich. 1714: resided the I^ent term 1715. Matric'^. sizar,
1715 April. One Luke Underwood of Denham, Suffolk, married 30 Sept. 1718
Ann Bardwell of the same parish. They had children: 1719, Luke; 1721,
Will, and Thomas (who died in the same year) ; 1723, Anne ; 1725, John. Ann
Underwood was buried 17 July 1739. Luke married again, and died 3 May
1753 : his second wife Eliz. sixteen days after him. [Denham Parish
Registers, ed. Sydenham Hervey.)
Smith, Joseph : son of Thomas : born at Hanley in the parish of Staveley,
Derbs. School : Tuxford " in luto " [in the clay], Notts., under M'' Taylour.
Admitted sizar under M' Metcalfe, 7 Oct. 1714. Age 17.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715. Ordained priest, Lichfield,
1722 Sept. One of these names (no degree given) was head-master of Boston
grammar school 1730-7.
Cox, Andrew : son of Richard : born at Treburrow [Treborough], Somerset.
Educated there by his uncle M'' Chappell. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton
5 Nov. 1714. Age 19.
Admitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715. Resided till Mids. 1717.
Bassett, Henry : son of Joseph : born at Eaton, Beds. School : Huntingdon,
under M"' Matthews. Admitted sizar under M"' Metcalfe, 19 Nov. 1714.
Age 15.
B.A. 17 If. Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
172^ March; licensed to Thurleigh, Beds.
Trye, Rowland: son of John, armiger: " Americanus" : born in "Antegua."
School : Eton, under D"' Snape. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton
6 Nov. 1714. Age 18.
Resided till Mich. 1716. Eldest son of John Frye, Member of the Council
and Colonel of Militia, Antigua, and of Henrietta, daughter of Governor Phil.
Warner. Graduated at Leyden, 1717. Merchant of London. Purchased
Banstead Manor, Surrey, in 1762. Died unmarried 20 Oct. 1777, aged 82.
His brother John was at Balliol, Oxford, returned to Antigua, and died there.
Another brother, Samuel, also a merchant of London, died there 1770. His
sister Henrietta married George, son of Governor Edward Byam, whose sons
Edward and Francis were at Christ's.
Alexander, Joseph : [father not given] born at Bury St Edmunds. School :
Bury, under M'' Randall. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 20 Jan. 1714.
Age omitted.
B.A 171|; M.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Ordained deacon,
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Norwich, 171 1 Feb.; licensed to Rede, Suffolk : priest 1720 June. Probably
curate of Hemingstone, Sufi'. 1725. Rector of Stonham-Parva 1725. Rectorof
Wortham 1739.
*Cartwright, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Berrington, Salop. School :
Sliiewsbury, under M"' Lloyd. Admitted sizar under M"' Husband 28 Jan.
1714. Age 19.
B.A. I71f; M.A. 1722; B.D. (com. reg.) 1728; D.D. 1736. Admitted
scholar 31 Mar. 1715 and again 6 Nov. 1717. Grandson of Tho. Cartwright,
Bishop of Chester. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1719 Sept.: priest, London,
1720 June. Elected fellow in the room of East Barley, 29 Aug. 1720.
Steward 1722. Praelector, Junior Dean, Catechist and Bunting Preacher,
1723. Senior Dean 1728. Mildmay Preacher 1729. Senior Dean again in
1731. Had several pupils soon after his election, Atherton being then the main
tutor: and before 1732 far outstripped him, having at times two thirds of
the whole number in College. On 14 June 1732 he was presented to Gateley,
succeeding Tho. Atherton who had just been presented to Little Canfield :
but (unlike Atherton) he soon left Cambridge (probably in May 1732),
transferring his pupils to Will. Trant. He resigned Gateley before July 1733
having obtained preferment in London (He vacated his Fellowship 13 Apr.
1734.) He was Chaplain to the Bishop of London; and Prebendary of
St Paul's 26 Mar. 1733 and rector of Hornsey on the same day. Had dis-
pensation from Lambeth 4 Sept. 1735 to hold also the rectory of St Christopher-
)e-Stock, distant five miles. Archdeacon of Colchester 173'7. He died 8 Nov.
1749 and was buried in Hornsey Church.
Johnson, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Low Burton, " Massam " [Masham],
Yorks. School : Bedale, under M'' Marshall. Admitted sizar under M' Met-
calfe 19 Feb. 171|. Age 17.
B.A. 17 If. Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Ordained deacon, York,
1720 Sept. : priest 1722 May. One Tho. Johnson was master of Heskin
[^Hesketh] School, after 1716 and before 1726, where he educated Will.
Grimshaw (1726).
*Harwell, Thomas : son of William : born at Chippenham, Cambs. School :
Bury, under M"' Randall. Admitted sizar under M'' Metcalfe 22 Feb. 1714.
Age 19.
B.A. 171|; M.A. 1722. Admitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1720 June; licensed to Blunsham [? Bhintisham], Hunts.
Elected Fellow in place of Ben. Dowse 17 Sept. 1723. Praelector, Senior
Dean, Catechist, Bunting and Walkhampton Preachers, and Steward 1724, thus
holding six out of the eleven Ofiices ! — a precedent often followed afterwards.
Senior Dean 1729, Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay Preacher 1731 and
1732. He was appointed to Fen Drayton curacy 30 Sept. 1730: and pre-
sented to the Vicarage of Gateley (succeeding M"' Cartwright) 2 July 1733,
with a lease of the rectory. After this he signs very irregularly, and perhaps
lived mainly at Gateley. On 7 Feb. \T^^^ he was presented to Ingoldsby,
vacant by the death of Ralph Aynsley, and before 12 Mar. 174^ his Fellow-
ship was declared vacant. He held the living for nearly 30 years, dying
Dec. 1769, aged 73, but there is no evidence of his residence there, except in
the yeai- 1749 — in the other years the register is signed by curates. He was
buried in Chippenham churchyard, where many others of his family were laid.
Nightingale, Edward : son of Edward : born at Kneesworth, Cambs. School :
Ruslington (probably Wrestlingworth), under M"' Bristow. Admitted fellow-
commoner under M"' Barley 17 March 1714. Age 18.
B.A. 1718 Mids. Admitted at Gray's Inn 5 Apr. 1720, as second son
1715 187
of Edw. Nightingale : probably the grateful tenant at Kneesworth who gave
.£10 to the restoration of the Chapel in 1702. One Edw. Nightingale, Esq. was
buried at Bassingbourne 6 July 1723 {Ely Ep. Rec. 248)— perhaps the son —
for on 6 Nov. 1757 "M'' Nightingale" has a "new" lease of Kneesworth.
Williams, Henry : son of George, a very skilful surgeon : born at S' Neots.
School : Merchant Taylors'. Admitted sizar under M'' Metcalfe 22 Mar. 1714
Age 19.
Resided under M'' Metcalfe, afterwards under M'' Dowse till June 1717
Admitted scholar 31 Mar. 1715.
Flasby, Edward : son of Francis : born at Leek, in the parish of Tunstall [near
Kirkby Lonsdale]. School : Kirkby Lonsdale, under M"' Gibson. Admitted
sizar under M"- Metcalfe 30 March 1715. Age 17.
B.A. 171| ; M.A. 1722. Admitted scholar 3 May 1716 : but there is an
order of 13 May 1715 that "Flasby be allowed a scholar of the House from
the date thereof." Ordained deacon, London, I7i§ March. Succeeded John
Flasby as rector of Groton, Sufiblk, 1736 Dec. Buried at Groton 27 Oct.
1742.
Lawton, George : son of John : born at Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs. School :
King's Bromley, under M' Pannel. Admitted pensioner under M' Boldero
20 Apr. 1715. Age 20.
Resided till Mich. 1717.
Glinester, Edmund : son of Edmund (deceased) : born at Royston. School :
Chisfield [? Cheshunt, Herts.], under M'' Goodwin. Admitted pensioner under
M'- Barley 25 Apr. 1715. Age 16.
Resided till Lady Day 1716. Migrated to Gains College after keeping four [?]
terms, where he was admitted 11 July 1717 fellow-commoner under M' N.
Parham, aged 18. Admitted at the Irnier Temple 27 Nov. 1716.
Hillyard, Laurence : son of Joseph : born at Milton, Westmoreland. Admitted
at St John's under D'' Edmundson : at Christ's sizar under M'' Atherton
5 May 1715. Age not given.
B.A. 17^. Admitted 25 Mar. 1714 (Hilliards) sizar at St John's, as born
at (H)eversham. School : Kirkby [Lonsdale], Westmoreland, under M'' Gibson.
Squire, Edward : son of Edward : born at Hertford. School : Buntingford, under
Mr England. Admitted sizar under M'' Barley 13 May 1715. Age 17.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 11 Apr. 1717. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1721 June : licensed to Hertingfordbury : priest 1722 May. Rector of Swale-
cliff, Kent 24 Nov. 1733 : patron, Earl Cowper.
Burchett, John : son of John, armiger : born at Weybridge, Surrey. School :
Eton, under D'' Snape. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton 24 May
1715. Age 18.
Appears only in the three quarters ending Xmas 1715-Mids''. 1716: no
charge in any. One of these names was B.A. (Pet.) 171f^, where a Will.
Burchett preceded him 17 If.
Simpson, William : son of John, armiger : born at Babworth, Notts. School :
Wakefield, under M"" Clark. Admitted pensioner under M'' Sitwell 25 May
1715. Age 17.
Son of John Simpson and of Eliz., daughter of Fra. Stringer of Sutton
upon Lound, Notts. (Hunter, S. Yorks. 1. 184). Kept the Easter Term 1715
and resided till at least 1717 : his terms run into those of his brother John,
admitted 1717, also under M'' Sitwell. Admitted at the Inner Temple 24 June
1715. The father had property at Babworth and at Eckington, Derbs. Will.,
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the son, had also property at Stainforth, Yoi-ks., perhaps through his mother.
Married Frances, daughter of Fra. Elwick, widow of John Eyre of Bramley
Hall, by whom he had five children who all died young. Succeeded in 1729
by his brother John (1717) (Hunter, S. Forks. 1. 184).
Pearse, Charles : son of John : born at Bolsover, Derbs. School : Mansfield,
under D'' Mann. Admitted sizar under M'' Sitwell 25 May 1715. Age 18.
B.A. 171|. Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1719 Sept.; licensed to Appleby, Leics. : priest 1723 June; curate of
Broughton, Leics.
Bellis, John : second son of Robert, rector [? vicar] of Ince, Cheshire. Educated
at home by his father. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 4 June 1715.
Age 18 [sic].
B.A. 17 If. Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Baptised at Ince 18 Dec.
1695. Brother of Samuel (1712) and of Robert (1721). Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, by letter dim issory from Chester, 171f Feb. : priest 1721 June. Rector
of Covenham St Mary, near Louth. A "mester John Bellis" buried at Ince
17 Aug. 1721, is probably not this man but his grandfather.
*Chamberlaine, Edward : son of Colvye, " artis textoriae peritissimus pariter ac
praedives": born at Mattishall, Norfolk. School: Windham [Wymondham],
"rite admodum institutus " under M'' Sayer. Admitted pensioner under
M"' Atherton 11 June 1716. Age 17.
B.A. 171f ; M.A. 1722. Admitted scholar 3 May 1716, i.e. earlier than
his admission to the College ! Elected Fellow 1 Nov. 1723, succeeding Dan.
Hunt. Praelector, Junior Dean, Catechist, Bunting and Walkhampton
Preacher and Steward 1725. After 28 Aug. 1728 he signs once only, a year
later: on 17 May 1731 his Fellowship was declared vacant. He never had
pupils. From Blomefield it would seem that he was rector of Crownthorpe,
before 1730 — but I have not found his institution. He was rector of Great
Cressingham 23 April 1730 — and of Scoulton 2 Oct. 1730 (distant six or seven
miles). He also held the sinecure rectory of Gedney, Lines. (Blomefield, 1.
610, 650 : 3. 434).
Hardy, Thomas : cleik in Holy Orders : son of Edward : born at Baibon, West-
moreland. School : Kirkby Lonsdale, under M'' Firbank, so well taught that
lie was appointed head-master of Hudderstield school and held the post some
years. Admitted sizar under M"' Atherton in July 1715. Age 28. His name
is on the list without charge three quarters till Easter 1716 — possibly with
tlie intention of taking the B.D. degree after 10 years: but apparently he
never resided. Probably vicar of Mirfield 15 May 1716, patron, Sir John
Armitage.
Stephens, Thomas :
Pupil of M"' Boldero, coming into residence Jan. 1715: lived "in the
Master's in the Star-chamber" till Mich. 1719. On 26 Aug. 1714 it was
agreed that he should "have M"' Standish Chamber on paying £27 for the
Income of it." Matric''. fellow-commoner 1715. Admitted at the Inner
Temple 28 Nov. 1716.
Griffith, John:
M.A. 1722. Matric'. at University College, Oxford 2 Dec. 1712, aged 16;
son of Edward, clerk, of Aston, Salop. B.A. 171|; M.A. (Christ's) 1722;
D.D. 1741. Possibly rector of Longparish, alias Midleton, Hants. 1729,
patron the Duke of Bolton (Genealogist, N.S. 7. 116). Rector of Eckington,
Derbs. 1721-65: and of Whiston [? Northauts.] 1739-49 and again 1759-65.
Prebendary of Canterbury 4 Mar. 173|^, succeeding Edw. Finch — 1765. In Oct.
1715—1716 189
1752 he had dispensation from Lambeth to hold with Eckington (worth £400
a year) the rectory of Prestwich, Lanes, (also worth £400), distant 27 miles ; he
had purchased the advowson in 1744. In 1739 he purchased from the Duke
of Norfolk the right of presentation to Whiston for GO years : and in 1749 he
put in Middlemore Griffith his eldest son : on whose death (1763, according to
Scott, Johnian AdinlssioHS, p. 456) or in 1759 (as above) he reappointed him-
self. He married a Miss — Middlemore. Died 8 Mar. 1765. Left the living
of Whiston to his grandson John Carter.
Glover, Daniel: son of John: born at Royston (that part which is in Herts.).
School : Chisfield [?], under M'' Goodwin. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton
18 Feb. 171^. Age not given.
Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Resided till Xmas 1717.
Crump, Nathaniel : son of Nathaniel: bom in Antigua (" Antigoae apud Ameri-
canos "). School : " Dungannensis," Ireland, under M'' Harvey : also two years
at Trin. Coll. Dublin. Admitted (as of two years' standing) under M'' Atherton
20 Feb. 171|. Age not given.
Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Appears in the Study-rents for the two
quarters ending June 1716 : but without charge : then lived " in the Master's,
by the Parlour " till Mich. Admitted at the Middle Temple as son of Nat.
of London 26 Jan. 17 If. Nathaniel, the father, was a barrister; member of
the Assembly, Antigua 1699 : Speaker before 1710 : member of Council 1716 :
Speaker of Council 1735: married (1698) Anne White. Nathaniel was his
youngest son ; he returned to Antigua and was J. P. 3 Jan. 172f. Perhaps a
merchant: see the will of D'' Geo. Crump: "my brother Nat. (deceased) in-
terested him [Sam. Redhead] a 3rd part of a sloop cargo, the profitts whereof
could not be much." Married and had a son John. Dead just before 26 Feb.
172|^. Probably connected with the Byams (see Sam. Byara 170^) as an elder
brother was named Byam Crump — he was Governor of Guadaloupe (Oliver,
Antigua, 1. 185).
Weekes, Carew : son of Carew : born in London. School : Loughborough, under
M'' Sam. Martin. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 4 April 1716. Age 18.
Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Resided till Xmas 1717.
Carter, Rowland : son of Rowland : [birthplace and school not given]. Admitted
sizar under M"' Atherton's " ve.xillum," " non sine laude militaturus " 9 April
1716. Age not given.
B.A. nil- Admitted scholar 3 May 1716. Ordained deacon, York, 1722
May. Ordained priest, Rochester, 1724 May : to be curate of Tudeley, near
Tonbridge with stipend of £35.
Wetherherd, John : son of Christopher : born at Norton, Yorks. School : Wake-
field, under M'' Clark. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 14 April 1716.
Age 19.
B.A. llhl- Admitted scholar 11 April 1717. Brother of Will. (1714).
Ordained deacon, York, 1720 Dec: priest 1722 Sept. Probably rector of
Bolton by Bolland 1726-48, when he died. (Morant-Whitaker, 131.)
Clapham, Anthony : son of Richard : born at Winskill in the parish of Giggles-
wick. School : Giggleswick, under M'' John Carr. Admitted sizar under
M'' Atherton 14 Apr. 1716. Age 18.
B.A. 17i§. Admitted scholar 11 April 1717. Ordained deacon, York,
1722 Sept. "
Threaves, — : [no more facts given by the praelector, East Barley]. Admitted
19 May 1716.
B.A. (Ri. Threaves) 17iJ. Admitted scholar (as of Lines.) 11 April 1717.
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Pupil of M' Atherton : resided till Mids. 1720. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1720 June ; licensed to Kirkby on Bain, Lines. : priest 17"21 June; curate of
Ingoldsby (Ri. Ward, being rector) where he signs till 1724: Ra. Aynsle)'
came in 1725 as rector.
Pennington, John : son of Nicholas : bom at Tadcaster. School : Skipton, under
M"' Ri. Leadall. Admitted sizar under M"' Atherton 31 May 1716. Age 17.
B.A. 17if ; M.A. 1733. Admitted scholar 11 April 1717. Ordained
deacon, York, 1721 June: priest, Lincoln, 1722 Dec. Rector of Foulness,
Essex 21 Jan. 1727-33, patron, Daniel, Earl of Nottingham. Chaplain to the
Earl of Harborough. Rector of All Saints, Huntingdon 1733 [?] : had dis-
pensation from Lambeth 22 Oct. 1735 to hold also the rectory of Yelling,
distant seven miles. Death announced in Camb. Chronicle 7 Feb. 1768.
Author: A serwis call to repentance, and other sermons, 1756.
Keddington, Roger: sou of Robert: bom at Stan(e)sfield, Suffolk. School: Bury,
under ( 1 ) M"' Randall, (2) M"^ Kinsman. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton
9 July 1716. Age not given.
Admitted scholar 11 Apr. 1717. His name in Study-rents for the quarter
ending Mich. 1716: and remains there each quarter till Mich. 1719 — always
without charge. Many Keddingtons of Suffolk (three of them Rogers) educated
at Bury, and several at Caius. See S.H.A.H.
Milner, Charles : son of John : born at York. School : Bradford, under M'' Clap-
ham. Admitted pensioner under M"' Atherton 1 Nov. 1716. Age 19.
B.A. 172ft; M.A. 1725; M.D. 1734. Admitted scholar 21 Apr. 1718.
Studied at Leyden 1721-5. Fellow of the College of Physicians 1754. Settled
at Aylesford, Kent in the same year. Died there 1771 or 1772 (Munk, 1. 485).
Butler, Benjamin : son of Jose|)h : born at Bradford. School : Bradford, under
M'' Clapham. Admitted pensioner under M' Atherton 1 Nov. 1716. Age 18.
B.A. 172ft; M.A. 1726. Admitted scholar 21 April 1718. Ordained
deacon, York, 1721 June : priest 1725 Sept. Curate of Woodkirk 1725 Sept.
with stipend of £30. Head-master of Bradford school 1728—84, when he
resigned : afternoon lecturer at Bradford parish ciiurch 1729-84. Died 1788
(Bradford Antiquary, 1. 145 : Continuation &c. 182).
Holt, Arthur : son of Joseph : born in Virginia. School : Sedbergh, under
M"' Saunders. Admitted first sizar, then pensioner under M'' Atherton 8 Dec.
1716. Age 20.
LL.B. 1723. Admitted scholar (as of Lancashire) 11 Apr. 1717. At
Dec. 1718 he appears as M'' Holt, having apparently become a fellow-com-
moner. Ordained deacon, York, 1718 Sept. : priest 1719 Sept. Resided till
Mich. 1722.
*Finch, Edward :
Fifth son of Daniel, second Earl of Nottingham : brother of Henry (1712).
Admitted at Trinity : M.A (Trin.) 1718. M.P. for the University 1727, when
he was head of the poll (Finch 221 : Hon. Tho. Townsend 198: Hon. Dixie
Windsor 176 — see Cooper, Annalu, iv. 194). Nominated to a Finch and Baines
Fellowship by the Earl 27 Apr. 1728, in place of D"' Hobart, deceased : held
it till 12 Sept. 1746, when he resigned by letter to the Master. He represented
the University in Parliament till 1768. He and his colleague T. Townsend
first gave in 1752 the two "Members' Prizes," which still survive as an annual
tax on their successors. He held many dipUmiatic posts — in Sweden, Poland,
and in Russia. Married Eliz., daughter of Sir Tho. Palmer of Wingham. Li
1716—1717 191
1764 he took the name Finch Hatton under the will of his aunt Eliz., daughter
of Chris., Viscount Hatton. Died 16 May 1771. Had sons George Finch
Hatton (1764) and John Emilius Daniel (1772). (D.N.B.)
Wynter, John :
M.B. 1718. Matric''. fellow-commoner 6 March 1716 (special). Pupil of
M"^ Atherton. First appears in Study-rents Dec. 1717 and then Lady Day
1718, both times without charge.
Budworth, William : son of Luke, vicar of Longford, Derbs. : born at Marston,
Derbs. School : Derby, under M'^ Blackwell. Admitted sizar under M"' Ather-
ton 26 Feb. 17 If Age 17.
B.A. 172^; M.A. 1726. Admitted scholar 11 Apr. 1717. Son of Louis
Budworth B.A. (Emm.) 1691. Ordained deacon, Lichfield, 1723 June: licensed
to Barton Blount: priest 1724 Sept. One of these names (but M.A.) was
rector of Yaverland, Isle of Wight, patron, Edw. Richards of Couipton, Bucks.
Master of Rugeley School, Staffs, and also of the Free School, Brewood ; finally
vicar of Brewood, date not discoverable. Died 1748 (Nichols, Lit. An. 3. 337),
but 1745 (D.N.B.) when one Ri. Fenton became vicar. According to Bp
Hurd, his pupil, "he possessed every talent of a perfect instituter of youth
in a degree which I believe has been rarely found in any of that profession
since the days of Quintilian."
Forby, Joseph : son of Thomas : born at Saham [Toney], Norfolk. School :
Wy[iuo]ndham, under M'' Sayer. Admitted pensioner under M' Atherton
[no date] 17 If Age 17.
LL.B. 1722. Admitted scholar 11 Apr. 1717. Rector of Fincham, Nor-
folk 1723-45: also of Barton St Andrew 1741-5, when he died (Blomefield,
4. 52, 107). His son Jos. admitted 1751, born at Fincham.
Young, Edward : son of Edward : born at Shefiield. School : ShetBeld, under
M'' Humpton. Admitted sizar under M"' Atherton 9 Mar. 17 If Age 17.
B.A. 1722^; M.A. 1727. The father, Edward, was a shoemaker who lived
1673-1758, and was Vjuried at Dronfield. Admitted scholar 11 Apr. 1717.
Born 23 Dec. 1699. Ordained deacon, York, 1722 Sept. Master of Bridling-
ton school, 9 April 1723. Master of Sherburn school. Died unmarried.
Nuttall, Joshua : son of John : born at Haslingden, Lanes. School : Burnley,
under M'^ Robertshaw. Admitted sizar under M"' Cockshutt 25 March 1717.
Age 18.
B.A. 172^ ; M.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 5 July 1718. Ordained deacon,
York, 1721 June: priest, London, 172| March.
Stackhouse, William : son of William : born at Hartlington [probably Harting-
ton], Yorks. School : Bradford, under M'' Clapham. Admitted sizar under
M"- Atherton 26 March 1717. Age 19.
B.A. 172f Admitted scholar 21 April 1718. Ordained deacon, York,
172? March : priest 1723 June.
Foster, Richard : son of Robert : born at Stainforth, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M"" Job. Carr. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 26 March 1717.
Age 19.
B.A. 172a. Admitted scholar 28 Jan. 17i|. Ordained deacon, York,
1723 June: priest, Peterborough, 1725 Sept.: curate of Easton Maudit,
Northants.
Daniel, Thomas: son of John: vicar of Croxhall, Derbs. School: (1) Lough-
borough, under M"' Martin : (2) under his father at home. Admitted sizar
under M'' Atherton 25 Apr. 1717. Age 18.
B.A. 172f i M.A. 1724. Admitted' scholar 14 May 1719. Son of John
192 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
(1677). Ordained priest, Lichfield, 1723 June. Licensed to school' of Abbots
Bromley, Stafis. 8 Aug. 1734. P.O. of Stow, Stag's. 22 Oct. 1724.
*Sinipson, John : son of John, armiger : born at Babworth, Notts. School : Wake-
tield, under M'' Clarke. Admitted pensioner under M'' Sitwell 20 April 1717.
Age 17.
B.A. 172f; M.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 21 April 1718. Brother of
Will. (1715) : whom see. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1724 Dec. : priest 1724 Jan.
Elected Fellow (in place of R. Aynsley) 22 Jan. 1724. Bunting Preacher''l726.
Praelector, Junior Dean, and Walkhampton Preacher 1727. Fellowship de-
clared void 2-5 Jan. 1721^ "by reason of an Estate": but he signed last in
March 172|. Clerk, of Stoke, [t] Derbs. and (19 Jan. 172|) of Babworth.
Subscribed to Sanderson's Algebra, 1740. Married — Stringer, had a
daughter and sole heir, Eliz. who married Sir Henry Bridgman of Great
Lever, afterwards Lord Bradford. Died 1784 (Hunter, .S". Yorks. 1. 184).
Calthorpe, James : eldest son of Christopher, armiger : born at Ampton, Suffolk.
School : Bishops Stortford, under D'' Tooke. Admitted fellow-commoner under
M'' Towers 8 May 1717. Age 16.
Resided till Lady Day 1720 : name in the list without charge two quarters
more. Perhaps grandson of Sir Christopher of East Barsham (16-59).
*Wlieler, Granville : son of George, eques auratus and Canon of Durham : born
in London. School : Durham, under M'' Rymer. Admitted pensioner under
M"- Atherton 10 May 1717. Age 16.
B.A. 172f ; M.A. 1724. F.R.S. 1728. Admitted scholar 21 Apr. 1718.
Kept "in the Master's, by the Parlour" till Dec. 1722. Admitted at the
Inner Temple 5 Oct. 1724. Born May 1701, third son of Sir George (of
Lincoln Coll., Oxford, author of a Journey into Greece: see D.N.B.) and of
Grace, daughter of Sir Tho. Higgins of Grewel, Odiham : Sir George left .£150
in 1723 to beautify the Hall. Elected Fellow, succeeding Will. Towers, the
Master, 25 Jan. 172|. Steward 1723. Fellowship declared vacant 18 Jan.
1724 on inheriting his father's estate. Ordained deacon and priest at St Mar-
garet, Westminster 1737 Sept. Rector of Otterden Kent : he also purchased
Otterden Place, 1727, where he carried on experiments in electricity. Rector
of Leake, Notts. 26 Sept. 1737-70 (presented by his father-in-law). Pre-
bendary of Southwell 11 Aug. 1753-70. Married Catherine Maria Hastings,
daughter of Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, by whom he had sons, Theophilus
(174|) and Granville (1751). Augmented his father's exhibition at Wye
College to £20 a year (Carlisle, 1. 635). Subscribed to Sanderson's Algebra,
1740. Died 22 May 1770: buried at Otterden. His library sold 1771.
Published his observations on electricity in Phil. Soc. Trans. 1739.
Maddison, Thomas: son of John: born at Newcastle. School : (1) Newcastle,
under M'^ Jurin : (2) Durham, under M"' Rymer. Admitted sizar under
M"- Atherton 10 May 1717. Age 17.
B.A. (Peterhouse) 172f ; M.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 6 Nov. 1717.
Resided till Lady Day 1720. The father was a "merchant-adventurer" of
Newcastle, 1656-1722 (Surtees, 2. 135).
Haigh, Francis : son of John : born at Thurlstone, Yorks. School : Penistone,
under M'' Ramsden. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 8 June 1717. Age 20.
B.A. 172^. Admitted scholar 14 May 1719. Ordained deacon, York,
172£ March: priest 1722 Sept. Licensed to preach in Cumberworth chapel
1728: also in Bolderston chapel 1728: curate of Midhope, later: he sent
1717 193
pupils thence in 1743. No successor given (in Hunter's HaUamshire, 47)S) till
1772 : stated (ib. 481) that he died in 1777. Samuel (1743) son of William
and born at Thurlstone was doubtless akin, perhaps a nephew.
Rayner, Thomas : son of John : born at Thaxted, Essex. School : Stortford, under
D'' Tooke. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 24 June 1717. Age 18.
B.A. 172f; M.A. 1724. Matric''. 171?. Ordained deacon, London, 1723
June: priest 1727 Dec. Vicar of Elsenham, Essex 22 Oct. 1731-.57. Rector
of Rayne (patron, the Earl of Essex) 1 Dec. 1741-4.5, when he resigned. Vicar
of Stebbing St Mary 1748. Died 1757 (Morant, 2. 405, 416, 572).
Beart, William : son of William : born at Bury St Edmunds. School : Botesdale,
under M'' Maybourne. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 24 June 1717.
Age 18.
B.A. 172^; M.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 14 May 1719.
Bourne, Henry : son of Thomas : born at Newcastle. School : Newcastle, under
M'' Lodge. Admitted sizar under M' Atherton 25 June 1717. Ago 21.
B.A. 172f ; M.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 14 May 1719. Son of a tailor
at Newcastle, and apprenticed to a glazier : released from his apprenticeship
and sent to school again : then sent on to Cambridge by help of friends
(Brand, 1. 392) : Atherton, his tutor, was a Newcastle-man. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1720 Sept. Curate of All Saints, Newcastle 1724-33. Died 16 Feb.
173|. Author: Antiquitates Vulgares, 1725, republished by Brand, 1777:
Harmony and agreement of the Collects, Epistles and Gospels, 1727 : History of
Newcastle, left unfinished at his death and published 1736 by his widow and
children. (D.N.B.)
Williams, John : son of John : born in London. School : Thurlow, under
M' Harwood. Admitted pensioner under M"' Atherton 3 July 1717. Age 21.
In residence after Midsummer 1717. Kept "in the Master's, by the
Parlour" Mich. 1717— Lady Day 1718. Perhaps the John Williams, of
St Paul's, Shadwell, Midds., admitted at the Inner Temple 19 Mar. 171f.
Hargrave, James: son of Nathaniel : born at Newcastle. School : (1) Newcastle,
(2) Morpeth, under M'' Salkeld. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Atherton
28 Sept. 1717. Age 17.
B.A. 172|. Admitted scholar 21 April 1718. At December 1720 he
appears in Study-rents as M'' Hargraves [sic^^ and continues till Lady Day
1725 — apparently as a fellow-commoner: he was never M.A.
Husband, Richard :
M.A. 1724. Admitted at St Mary Hall, Oxford, as son of John, of
Eyton, Salop, "pleb." 4 June 1714, aged 17. B.A. (Christ Church) 1718. In-
corporated and M.A. (Christ's) 1724. Rector of Ruddington, Salop, 1722.
(Foster, Al. Ox. 776.) Minor Canon of Rochester 1736-69. P.O. of Stroud
12 July 1738-47, when he resigned it. Vicar of Stockbury, Kent: which
he resigned 10 July 1750. Vicar of Wateringbury, 27 Aug. 1750 (or 1751).
Buried in Rochester Cathedral 26 May 1769. Probably a kinsman of Tho.
Husband, the Fellow (1705).
Hewett, John :
I\I.A. 1724. Admitted at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, as son of J. Hewitt,
clerk, of Wallingford, Berks., 22 Oct. 1709, aged 19. B.A. 171f. Incorporated,
and M.A. (Christ's) 1724. Rector of Harthill, Yorks. 1717, succeeding his
father John, who became rector 1695. Died 1757, aged 68 : buried at Harthill
(M.I.). Succeeded by bis son, also John, and third rector of these names
c. c. R. II. 13
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who died 1811 (Hunter, S. Yorks. 1. 145). Said by Foster {Al. Ox. 700) to
have been vicar of Broughton, Yorks. 1727 : but according to Morant-Whitaker
(Craven, 110) a John Hewitt was vicar from 1732-41, when he died.
Here conies another gap in the Admission books for the years 1717-18
(praelector Henry Finch, the very juvenile Finch and Baines Fellow) and
1718-19 (praelector, John Chester, who married Feb. 171f). The numbers in
both years recoverable from the matriculation-register are very small : but the
Study-rents do not add more than one or two.
Evans, Thomas :
Pupil of M'' Atherton. Admitted before Mids''. 1718. Matric"'. pensioner
1718 July. Scholar 14 May 1719. Resided till Lady Day 1721.
Okeover, Leeke :
Pupil of M"^ Towers from Mids''. 1 7 1 8 till Mich. 1719. Matric"*. pensioner 1718
July. Born 1701, son of Thomas Okeover of Okeover, sheriff of Staffs., temp.
Anne, by his wife Catherine, daughter and heiress of Will. Leeke, Baron of the
Exchequer : this Thomas was first cousin of Rowland of Oldbury, admitted
1714: belonged to Trinity College, Oxford and the Middle Temple. Leeke
Okeover was admitted at the Middle Temple 16 Feb. 171|. He lived at
Okeover, where he repaired and beautified the parish church — presumably in the
taste of the time. He married Mary, daughter of John Nichols, Esq. Died
without issue 31 Jan. 1765, aged 63. His brother William (1718) having died
before him, the estate of Okeover passed to his distant cousin Haughton
Farmer Okeover, of the Oldbury branch. (Glover, Berbs. 2. 64, Hunter,
F.ALG. 1035.)
Okeover, William :
Second son of Thomas of Okeover and Catherine Leeke : brother of Leeke
(above). Pupil of M' Towers from Mids^. 1718 to Mich. 1719. Matric''.
pensioner 1718. Admitted at the Middle Temple with his brother 16 Feb.
17 If. Barrister at law. Died 1748 without issue. (Glover, 2. 64.)
Garnett, William :
Pupil of M"^ Atherton. Admitted before Mids"'. 1718. Matric''. sizar
1718 July. Admitted scholar 14 May 1719. Resided from Mids''. 1718 to
Lady Day 1720.
Wetherherd, Christopher :
B.A. 172i. Pupil of M^ Atherton. Admitted before Mids''. 1718. Matric''.
sizar 1718 July. Admitted scholar (as of Yorks.) 1 June 1720. Ordained
deacon, York, 1722 Sept.: priest 1725 Dec: appointed curate to Spofforth
and Wetherby Chapel, with an annual stipend of £20. Vicar of Thorp Arch,
4 July 1728. One of these names was rector of Hal ton in Lonsdale 6 Aug.
1747-49 (Croston-Baines, 5. 528). A Rev. M"- Wetherherd subscribed to
Sanderson's Algebra, 1740 (perhaps John of 1716).
Robinson, Henry :
B.A. 172|. Pupil of M' Atherton. Admitted before Mids''. 1718.
Matric''. sizar 1718 July. Admitted scholar (as of Yorks.) 1 June 1720.
Ordained deacon, York, 1723 June: priest 1725 Sept.: curate of West Dalton
19 Sept. with stipend of £25 a year.
1718—1719 195
Windham, — :
Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Towers. Resided between Mich.
1718 and Lady Day 1719. Did not matriculate. Possibly a sou of Will.
Windham of Felbrigg (1663).
Wragg, Charles :
B.A. 1721; M.A. 1726. Pupil of M'' Atherton. Resided from Mich.
1718 : but always without charge (though he seems not to have lived "in the
Master's ") till Mich. 1723, when he pays (being then D" Wragg), and till Lady
Day 1721. Matric'^. pensioner 171|j Mar. Admitted scholar 14 May 1719.
Ordained deacon, London, 1723 June : priest 1724 June. Chaplain to the
Earl of Kellie. Rector of Kelvedon, Esse.x; 8 July 1731 : had dispensation
from Lambeth to hold also the rectory of Great Hallingbury, distant 14 miles,
24 Nov. 1737. Died 1758.
Walker, John :
Pupil of M'' Towers. Admitted before Xmas 1718. Came into residence
Jan. 171^, and continued till Mids''. 1724, taking no degree. Matric"". pen-
sioner 171f Mar. [A John Walker, of Jesus, LL.B. 1726.] One of these names
ordained priest, Lichfield, 1727 Sept. Presented to Crich, Derbs. 16 Sept. 1731.
*Trant, William :
B.A. 172|; M.A. 1726. Pupil of M' Towers from Easter 1719. Matric''.
sizar 171|-. Admitted scholar (as of Westmoreland) 14 May 1719. Elected
Fellow, in place of J. Cockshutt, 26 Apr. 1726. Ordained priest, Lincoln,
1726 Sept. Praelector, Junior Dean, Catechist and Steward 1729. Knapwell
Preacher 1731. Senior Dean 1733. Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay
Preacher 1735 and 1736. Senior Dean 1737. Succeeded Cartwright as Tutor
(having more than two-thirds of the students) 1732-1740 — in the later years
the students were more evenly divided. Senior Proctor 1735. Had a lease of
the tithes of Hapton 1733. Vicar of Fo.xton 19 July 1734. Vicar of Caklecot
(succeeding T. Sitwell) 9 June 1737. Rector of Anstye 25 Nov. 1740 (suc-
ceeding T. Sherwill). Vacated his fellowship 5 Dec. 1741. Married Catherine,
daughter of George and Dorothy Smith : his son Edmund (1767) was Fellow
1773 : his daughter Emma was mother of Will. Spry (Fellow 1804). Died at
Anstye, after 44 years' tenure, 3 Jan. 1784, aged 82.
Cottingham, Squire :
B.A. 1723. Pupil of M"' Hutton. Came into residence Easter 1719.
Matric-^. sizar 17 If. Admitted scholar 14 May 1719.
Fenwick, Richard :
Pupil of M'' Atherton. Admitted before Mids'. 1719. Matric'*. sizar
1719 July. Perhaps son of Ri. Fenwick (1681). Buried at Great St Andrew's
11 Mar. 17^4.
Stokoe, Alexander :
Pupil of M"' Atherton. Admitted before Mids''. 1719. Matric<'. sizar
1719 July.
Scholar (as of Northumberland), 1 June 1720. Seems to have resided
continuously (without taking any degree) till Mids''. 1726. One of these
names, of Haydon Bridge, was master of Hexham School 1 723-1 7§^. Curate
of St John, Lee, near Hexham 1734. Died 1766. (Bateson, Nor thumb'''., 3.
224, 4. 131.)
Walmesley, Richard :
B.A. 1721 Pupil of M^ Cockshutt. Admitted before Mich. 1719.
Matric"'. sizar"l720 April. Admitted scholar 14 May 1719. Probably fifth
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son of Ri. Walmesley of Sholey [or Showlej'], Lanes, and of Jane Houghton of
Park Hill (Hall, so Abrams), Lancaster. In Holy Orders. Died at Ormskirk
173.5, (Abrams' Blackburn, 459 : Whitaker, 2. 404.) Another of the same
names, son of Ri. Walmesley, of Bashall, Coldcotes and Eaves Hall ; died
1767, aged 60 {ih. 405).
Jenison, Ralph :
Pupil of M.' Hutton. Matric''. fellow-commoner 171^ Mar. Resided between
Mich. 1719 and Mich. 1720. Probably born 1696 : .son of Rob. Jenison (or
Jennison) of Elswick, Newcastle and of Mary Savile of Lupset, Yorks. Of
Elswick and of Walworth, Durham. Married Susan Allen of the Flatts,
Chester- le-Street. M.P. for Newport, Isle of Wight : and for Northumber-
land 1722, 1727, and 1734. Master of the Buckhounds to George III. Died
1759.
Heywood, Wilmot :
B.A. 172f ; M.A. 1726. Pupil of M'' Atherton : began to reside at Mich.
1719: probably admitted earlier. Admitted scholar 28 Jan. 17i§. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1724 Sept. : priest 1726 Dec. : curate of Godmanchester.
One of these names held the cure of Ladbrooke, Warw. 18 Feb. 173| : if the
same, he returned to the Lincoln diocese and was instituted to Paxton, Hunts.
4 June 1745.
Hunt, Brian :
Admitted at Corpus 1704 (of Kent). B.A. (Corpus) 1722. Perhaps he is
the Brian Hunt who went out as a minister to Barbados 16 Mar. 17^^
(Fothergill, p. 35) : why he transferred himself to Christ's is not clear : on
8 May 1722 he received £20 bounty as an emigrant minister to Virginia (iS.)
Here the Admissions recommence, with the year 1719-20: praelector,
Tho. Sitwell.
Torkington, Laurence : son of James, armiger : born at Stukeley, Hunts.
School not given. Admitted at St John's, then at Christ's as fellow-commoner
under M'' Dowse 17 Oct. 1719. Age not given.
Admitted pensioner at St John's under M'' Foulkes 6 Oct. 1711, aged 17.
School, Lavenham, Suffolk under M'' Drift. He had the undivided care of
M'' Dowse from Mich. 1719 to Mich. 1723. Possibly he returned to St John's
and was the LL.B. of 1725 : there is no admission which corre.sponds as to date
with that degree. He can hardly be the Laur. Torkington who was rector of
Shottesbrook, Berks., and was buried 172^ {Genealogist, 7. 14).
North, Richard [should be Robert] : father not given : born at Scarborough.
School not given. Admitted pensioner under M'' Hutton (date not given)
1719. Age not given.
Rob. North was matric''. 1720 April: and admitted scholar 1 June 1720.
He kept over the ante-chapel, as pupil (1) of M'' Hutton, (2) of M"^ Cartwright,
till Mich. 1722, possibly longer — his name is in the list till Mich. 1724 (no
charge) when he disappears.
Wills, Edward : eldest son of Edward, eques auratus : born in Middlesex.
School not given. Admitted fellow-commoner under M' Sitwell 9 Feb. 17|-^.
Age not given.
1719—1720 197
Resided from Easter 1720 to Easter 1723. Admitted at the Middle
Temple 27 June 1717. Probably son of Sir Edw. Wills of Ongar St Martin,
who in 1699 married Ann, daughter of Sir Tho. Cuddon of St Lawrence,
Jewrj' — he being 50 and she IS : he died before 1717.
Wills, Thomas: son of Edward, eques auratus: born in London. School not
given. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Sitwell 13 Feb. 17j^. Age not
given.
Brother of Edward. Resided from Easter 1720 to Easter 1723. Adaiitted
at the Middle Temple 7 Oct. 1719.
Davis, Stapleton : son of John : born at Montserrat [" apud Americanos "].
School : Westminster, under D'' Friend. Admitted first at Clare Hall : then
at Christ's pensioner under M'' Atherton 29 Feb. 17i|}. Age 22.
B.A. 172|. Became fellow-commoner after Mich. 1720, and resided till
Mich. 1722. " Incorporated at Oxford 1723. Ordained priest at Lincoln
(Buckden) 172| March. Had X20 bounty on going out 12 Nov. 1729 to the
Leeward Islands as " emigrant minister " (Fothergill, 23). Patrick Blake, Esq.
of St Christopher's in his will dated 5 Mar. 174J left £30 a year for life to his
nephew, the Rev. M"' Stapleton Davis, of St Christopher's (Oliver, Antigua,
1. .52).
Ellershaw, John : son of Richard : born at Giggleswick. School : Giggleswick,
under M' Carr. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 26 March 1720. Age 19.
B.A. 1724 Mids. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721. Ri. Ellershaw, the
father, was vicar of Giggleswick. John was vicar of Ubbeston St Peter,
Suffolk, 1748. Died 1760 (Davy).
Ashurst, Edward: grandson of Sir William, of Middlesex. School not given.
Admitted at Corpus : then at Christ's as fellow-commoner under M'' Cock-
shutt sometime in 1720. Age not given.
His name on the list of M'' Cockshutt's pupils till Lady Day 1721 : but
without charge. Pi'obably he did not reside.
Wilkinson, William : son of John : born at Newcastle. School : Newcastle,
under M' Lodge. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 11 April 1720.
Age 18.
B.A. 172|; M.A. 1727. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721. Ordained deacon
(as scholar of Christ's) Rochester (at request of Bp. of Durham) 1723 Dec.
Curate of St Andrew, Newcastle 1724-39 : of St Nicholas 1739-56. Chaplain
of Newcastle Gaol 1756-63. A bedesman of St Thomas's Hospital 1763 [?]-
1780, when he died. (Brand, 1. 318.)
Adam (Adams), Thomas : [father not given] : of Yorkshire. School : Wake-
field, under M' Clark. Admitted sizar under M'' Hutton 14 April 1720.
Age "about" 17 [he was really 19 — born 25 Feb. 170^].
Admitted scholar (Adam) 8 May 1721. Resided till Lady Day 1722.
Admitted at Hart Hall, Oxford 2 July 1722. B.A. there 172f. Son of
Henry Adam, town clerk of Leeds, and Eliz. Blythman. Educated first at
Leeds under Tho. Barnard. Presented to Winteringham, Lines. 1724, and
instituted as soon as he was of sufficient age. Held the living for 58 years,
dying there 31 Mar. 1784, aged 83. One of the earliest leaders of the
"Evangelical revival" (see Overton, p. 83). Author: Practical lesso7is on
the Church Catechism, Evangelical Sermons, Paraphrase and Annotations on
the Epistle to the Romans. From his Posthumous Works (1786) a selection
called Private thoiights on Religion has been printed separately : and by this
he is best known. (D.N.B.)
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*Monoux, Lewis : son of Lewis, armiger : born at Sandy, Beds. School :
Stortford, under D' Tooke. Admitted pensioner under M' Atherton 27 Apr.
1720. Age 16.
B.A. 172f ; M.A. 1727. Admitted scholar 1 June 1720. Son of Lewis
(1666) of Sandy (son of Sir Humphry (1617) first Baronet, of Wotton) by his
wife Lucy, daughter of Sir Philip Wodehouse. Elected Fellow (iu place of
Granville Wheler) 22 Jan. 172i. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1728 June:
priest, September. Praelector (and a most careless one — he left out half the
entries), Junior Dean, Catechist, Bunting Preacher and Steward 1728.
Fellowship declared vacant 31 Dec. 1730. Rector of Sandy, Beds. Chaplain
to the Bishop of Llandaff. Had dispensation from Lambeth 21 June 1743 to
hold also the rectory of Tenipsfoixl, distant two miles. Prebendary of Lincoln
(Clifton) 21 Oct. 1755. Married a Miss Edwards of Bedford, by whom he
had a sou Philip (1752), who by a curious history became seventh (and last)
baronet.
Anesley, Mark : son of William, armiger : born at Gallowhill, Northumb''.
School : Morpeth, under M'' Carey. Admitted pensioner under his uncle
M'' Anesley 9 May 1720. Age not given.
Admitted scholar (Ansley) 8 May 1721. Perhaps he shared his uncle's
room : as he does not appear in the Study-rents till Mich. 1722 when he is
found as a fellow-commoner " iu the Star Chamber" — till Mids''. 1723. He ran
through his patrimony: in 1750 "High and Low Gallowhill, Foumertlaw, and
the colliery and limestone quarry on the estate were sold to M'' Cook of
Thockeriugton under a decree of the Court of Chancery for the payment of
the debts of Mark Aynsley Esq., deceased." (Hodgson, Northumberland ll.
1. 343.)
*Mabell, William. : son of John : born at Newcastle. School : Newcastle, under
M"' Lodge. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 11 May 1720. Age 17.
B.A. 172|; M.A. 1727. Ordained deacon, Rochester (for Durham), 1725
Dec. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721. Resided till Mich. 1728 : although on
20 Jan. 172 J he received a lease of the tithes of Hapton for seven years with
" additional covenants " (he not being a Fellow) viz. " that he resides upon the
Place and serves the Cure in Person, or that he shall appoint a Curate who
shall be approved by the Ordinary and the College, and that during this terra
lie shall not accept of any Preferment or Cure beyond the distance of 5 miles."
Apparently he had a curate. On 17 Oct. 1727 he was appointed Rhetorick
Lecturer: but there is no evidence that he resided. In 1733 Atherton's
Northumberland fellowship was vacant and on 8 June 1733 Mabell was
elected Fellow, but not admitted till August 9 — an indication that he was not
in residence. He signs only thrice as a Fellow. On 8 May 1735 "the
Master declared M'' Mabell's Fellowship void — he not being a Priest as the
Statutes prescribe." Against this sentence M'' Mabell appealed on May 22 to
D'' Andrew Snape, Provost of King's and Visitor, the Master being Vice-
Chancellor for the year. On 12 Sept. in the same year " M' Thomas
acquainted the Master that he had received a letter from M'' Mabell's brother
informing them that he was dead."
Dalton, D'Arcy : son of D'Arcy, rector of Cold Aston, Yorks. School : Beighton,
Derbs., under M'' Drake. Admitted pensioner under M'' Hutton 7 June 1720.
Age not given.
B.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721, as of Lines.; probably he was
born at Binbrooke of which his father (adm''. 1688) was vicar from 1699 to
1720 199
about 1704. He resided till Lady Day 1726. His younger brother, Charles,
admitted 1730.
Ellyson, Thomas: son of Thomas (rector of Ashton, Cheshire): born at Pul-
fordrain [? Pulford], Cheshire. School not given. Admitted sizar under
IVP Atherton 10 June 1720. Age, about 19.
LL.B. 1725. Admitted scholar (Ellison) 8 May 1721.
*Neville (Nevile), William. : son of Robert, clerk : born at Newton, Bucks.
School: Northampton, under M'' Styles. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton
14 June 1720. Age 19.
B.A. 172f; M.A. 1727; incorporated Oxford 1728. Admitted scholar
8 May 1721. Elected Fellow, succeeding Tho. Husband 27 Apr. 1724.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1725 March; also priest. Praelector, Junior
Dean, Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward, 1726. Bunting Preacher 1727.
Knapwell Preacher 1728. Senior Dean 1732. Senior Greek Lecturer and
Mildmay Preacher 1733, 1734. Senior Dean 1736. Taxor in the University
1728. Scrutator 1737. Had a few pupils from 1737. Presented by the
Crown to the vicarage of Astwood, Bucks., on the decease of his father
Robert, by dispensation from Lambeth 8 Aug. 1726 : his succe.ssor was not
appointed till 1752 (Lipscombe, 4. 6): but it is quite clear that he resided
at Cambridge till 12 March 1742 when he resigned his Fellowship. He
was appointed curate of Fen Drayton 2 Jul}' 1733, and held the curacy
till he left Cambridge for Astwood. Cole mentions him as " a large, raw-
boned jolly man who loved good eating and drinking : I think had the living
of Astwood in Bucks, and died a young man, of no very good character": as
Cole is wide of the mark as to his age when he died (if he died in 1752), we
may hope he was also as to his character.
Byam, William : son of William ; born at Antegoa [Antigua]. School : West-
minster, under D'' Friend. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton 21 June
1720. Age 17.
B.A. i72f. Admitted scholar (as of Middlesex) 8 May I72L Admitted
at Gray's Inn 20 Aug. 1722 as from " Christ Church," Cambridge. He returned
to Antigua and died there childless. According to Oliver's Histori/ of Antigua
which gives very careful pedigrees there was a second Will. Byam at Christ's
at this time : the sou of Edward Byam and Lydia Martin, brother of Francis
(1726) and half-brother of Edward (1708). He may have been admitted in
one of the missing years, 1717-19, and never matriculated: but I do not
lind him in the Stud3'-rents and I suspect that for once the Historij is wrong.
This Will, was of Byams, Antigua and of Westborne House, Paddington,
Midds. : a Colonel in the army and a Member of the Council of Antigua.
He married Anne, daughter of Col. John Gunthorpe of Antigua : died at
Barbuda 26 Sept. 1755 and was buried at Antigua (Hint. 1. 98). A son
Samuel was fellow-commoner of Sidney 1760.
Carter, Samuel : [father not given] : born at Naseby, Northants. School :
Monkwearmouth, under M"^ Simcoe. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 22 June
1720. Age not given.
Admitted scholar 8 May 1721. Resided till Mich. 1723, when he migrated
(I suppose) to Trinity and was there B.A. 172j; M.A. 1730. One Sam.
Carter, "late of Christ's," was ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1734 Dec. and
licensed to Winnington, Beds. : priest 1736 Sept.
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Umfreville, Charles : son of D'' William, clerk : bom in London. School :
Newcastle, under M'' Lodge. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 2 July
1720. Age 20.
LL.B. 1726. Admitted scholar (Middlesex) 8 May 1721. Son of Will.
Umfreville, D.D. (16-£§) whom see. Ordained deacon while still an under-
graduate, London, 1723 Sept. : priest 1724 Sept. Licensed to officiate as
curate of Charleton (or elsewhere in the diocese of Rochester) 10 Oct. 1724 :
with stipend of £30. Vicar of Bradfield, Essex. Had dispensation 14 April
1729 to hold also the vicarage of Acton, Suffolk, distant 18 miles. Held it
till 1774, when, I suppose, he died.
Hutchinson, Edward : [father not given] : born at Clipston, Northants.
School not given. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 7 July 1720. Age
not given.
Admitted scholar 8 May 1721. Resided till Mich. 1723. Probably father
of Thomas (1755) who was born at Clipston.
Gaines, William Langhome: no facts. Admitted 19 July 1720.
He was a fellow-commoner, pupil of M'' Atherton : and resided till Lady
Day 1722. One of these names was lord of the manor of Hampstead, and
died 1732 {Gent. Mag.).
Clennell, Thomas : [father not given] : of Clennell, Northumberland. School :
Alnwick, under M' Walton. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton 1 2 Sept.
1720. Age 19.
Resided till Mids. 1722. Clennel is near Harbottle, which the family
seem to have owned. Perhaps the Tho. Clennell who died at Lilburn,
Northumberland 1763 {Gent. Mag.).
Preston, John : [father not given] : of Yorks. School: Giggleswick. Admitted
sizar under M' Atherton 29 Oct. 1720. Age not given.
B.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1725 Sept. : licensed to Drayton Parslow, Bucks. : piiest 1730 May. Pre-
sented to Bow Brickhill, Bucks. 7 June 1742 in trust for the nephew of the
patron : resigned Oct. 1744.
Barlow, Thomas : son of John, clerk : born at Marwood, Lanes. School not
given. Admitted sizar under M'' Cockshutt 31 Oct. 1720. Age not given.
B.A. 1724. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721. I think that Marwood is a
miscopying by a careless Praelector of Harwood. John Barlow, born at
Harwood near Blackburn and educated at Glasgow was incumbent of Colne,
Lanes. 1709-1727, when he died on April 9 : and his son Thomas was
presented to the living, but survived his father only three weeks : he was
buried at Colne 5 May 1727. (Whitaker, Whalley, 2. 249.) Perhaps he is
the Tho. Barlow who was curate of Radcliffe, Manchester on 25 Nov. 1726.
{Lives of Felloivs and of the College of Manchester, ii. 224.)
Walton, John : [father not given] : of Northumberland. School : Alnwick.
Admitted sizar under M"^ Atherton 1720. Age not given.
Admitted scholar (as of Westmoreland) 8 May 1721. Resided till Mich.
1722.
*Law, Edmund :
Son of Edm. Law, clerk and curate of Staveley for 49 years: born at Cart-
mell in Furness : educated there by M'' Roskell and at Kendall by M'' Towers.
Admitted sizar at St John's under D' Edmundson 6 Apr. 1720 : aged about 17.
B.A. (St John's) 172^; M.A. (Christ's) 1727; D.D. (Christ'.s) 1749. Or-
1720 201
dained deacon, Lincoln, 1726 June; licensed to St Mary, Retford: priest,
1727 Sept. Elected Fellow, in place of M'' Edwards, 14 Jan. 1721:. Prae-
leetor. Junior Dean and Catechist, Bunting and Walkhampton Preacher, and
Steward 1730. Senior Deau 1734. Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay
Preacher 1737. Was appointed Hebrew Lecturer (not an annual appointment)
14 Nov. 1727. Ceased to sign after May 1730. Presented by the University
to Greystoke, Cumberland 1737 — but owing to a dispute as to the title, not
instituted till 1 June 1739 : in 1739 he left Cambridge. While resident he
took pupils 1729-39, but Cartwright (and afterwards Trant) had many more:
also he was one of the four editors of Stephens' Thesaurus. Resigned his
Fellowship 14 June 1740 and on June 24 married Mary Cliristian of Unerigg.
Rector of Salkeld and Archdeacon of Carlisle 21 Apr. 1743-56. Master of
Peterhouse (by the support of Bp. Keene, later Master) 1756-1787. In 1756,
E. Pyle wrote (Memoirs of a Royal Chaplain, page 280) that Law had "quite
won the heart of the Duke of Newcastle by the last Cambridge Address... and
the Duke has assured him of his Majesty's favour in a very handsome letter
which I have seen... .So D'' Law will be L. Marg. Professor." Such were
the ways of the time. But Prof. D' Newcome had nine years more of it.
Knightbridge Professor 1764-9. Prebendary of Lichfield (Sandiacre) and
Archdeacon of Stafford 1763-69 (collated by Bp. Cornwallis, his old pupil) :
of Lincoln 1764 and of Durham 1767. Bishop of Carlisle 24 Feb. 176|,
retaining the Mastership (he resided at Cambridge in term time and at Rose
Castle in the Long Vacation) — also the rectory of Greystoke but he resigned
everything else. Died at Rose Castle 14 Aug. 1787 : buried in Carlisle
Cathedral (M.L). Of his four sons, John was admitted 1762, afterwards
Fellow, and Bishop of Clonfert and of Elphin. The appreciation of him by
Paley, which is well known, is printed in the Johnian Adiii'^. Book, p. 332, by
R. F. Scott. It dwells on his cheerfulness, gentleness (to a fault when found
in a Bishop), candour and love of liberty. " He was zealously attached to
religious liberty, because he thought that it leads to truth ; but from his heart
he loved peace." He valued his Bishopric chiefly as a proof that in England
"decent freedom of enquiry was not discouraged." A full list of his works is
given by R. F. Scott (supra). His book Considerations of the State of the
World -with regard to the Theory of Religion, published 1745, works out the
view that revelation is progressive — so much being given at each time as men
are able to receive. When a Bishop in 1774 he boldly supported the attempt
to abolish, or relax subscription to the formularies of the church : first started
by Archdeacon. Blackburne, two years earlier : Law both preached at St
Mary's "a noble sermon," and also published a pamphlet Considerations on
the Propriety of requiring subscription to Articles of Faith, which gave rise to
some controversy. His last publication was his edition of John Locke's works
in three volumes. (Baker-Mayor, Hist, of St John's: D.N.B. : St John's
Admission Book (ut supra).)
Wadesworth, Charles:
B.A. 1724 ; M.A. (Clare where he was a Fellow) 1728. Admitted (Wads-
worth) at St John's 29 Nov. 1720, aged 19, son of Nat. Wadsworth, clerk,
born at Brooke, Norwich. When he migrated to Christ's does not appear :
he is not in the Study-rents. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1725 June ; licensed
to Howe where his father was rector: priest, York, 1726 Sept. : curate of
Kirk Smeaton, with a stipend of £30 a year. Rector of Sizeland, Norfolk
10 May 1728-33; also of Howe 15 Jan. 172|. Rector of Yelverton 20 Nov.
1733 : of Little Poringland 22 July 1734. Held these last three livings till
1767. His son, Geo. Rob. Wadsworth, admitted at Caius 174|. (See Scott,
Johnian Aihn". Book, p. 336.)
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Dowthwaite, Joseph :
Appears in the Scholars' Book 8 May 1721, as admitted a Westmoreland
scholar. He is not in the College Admission book, nor (so far as I have seen)
in the University Matriculation-register. He appears in Study-rents from
Mich. 1720 to Mich. 1723, but may not have resided all the time. He was
ordained as "literatus e Coll. Xt' " at York, deacon 1721 June; priest 172.3
June. Rector of Feliskirk near Thirsk 27 Apr. 1739 — sent by the Arch-
bishop : seems to have held it till 1765. A family of tiie name at Westholme,
Durham is given by Surtees (4. 421) but the pedigree stops too early.
Skerratt, John :
M.A. 1727. Matric''. at Brasenose, Oxford 16 Apr. 1709, aged 17— son
of Edw. of Newall, Cheshire, pleb. B.A. 1712. Incorporated, and M.A.
(Christ's) 1727. Vicar of Kingston by Taunton, Somerset 1716. Rector of
Brereton, Chesh. 1731. Vicar of Biddulph, Staft's. 1733 (Al. Ox. 1361).
Thorpe, Thomas :
M.A. 1727. Son of Stephen of Collumpton, Devon; matric'' at Exeter,
Oxford 28 Mar. 1713, aged 19. B.A., not given in Foster AL Ox. 1483.
Incorp'i. and M.A. (Christ's) 1727.
Pell, William: son of John: born at Scottlethorp [? Skellingthorpe], Lines. School:
not given. Admitted pensioner under M"' Atherton 2.5 Jan. 172?. Age 18.
B.A. 172f Admitted scholar 8 May 1721.
Lutton, Ralph : son of Thomas : born at York. School : Wakefield, under
M"' Clark. Admitted pensioner under M"' Hutton 25 Feb. 172^. Age not
given.
Born 23 Oct. 1701, at Knapton, York, son of Thomas Lutton (advocate
in the Spiritual Court at York ; buried at St Maurice 1719) and of Arabella
Thyune of Eghara, Surrey. Resided till Xmas 1722. Admitted at Lincoln's
Inn 3 Apr. 1721. Married Constance, daughter of Sir Francis Boy ton, by
whom he had a son Ralph and three daughters (Hunter, F.M.G. 950). He
was probably grandson of Phil. Lutton (163°) whose father was a Ralph.
Birch, William : son of Thomas : born at Goodhurst [? Goudhurst], Kent. School :
not given. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 27 Mar. 1721. Age 18.
B.A, (Byrch) 1724. Admitted scholar (Birch) 8 May 1721. Ordained
deacon (Byrch), Rochester, 1726 Sept. : licensed to Addington. Minister of
St Mary, Jiower {Gent. Mag. 112. 48). Rector of Mongeham, Kent. Married
Jane, daughter of Will. Dejovas, by whom he had a son Will. Dejovas Byrch,
B.A. 1750 and Fellow of Sidney {Arch. Cant. 15. 358). Died at Bath 24 June
1756 {Gent. Mag. p. 314).
Kentish, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Baldock, Herts. School : Bunning-
for [Buntingford], under M'' England. Admitted sizar under M"' Atherton
1 May 1721. Age 16.
M.B. 1726. His father was Sheriff of Hunts. 1723. Admitted scholar
8 May 1721. Resided till Mich. 1726. {Gent. Mag. 1787, p. 1126.)
Garforth, William : [father not given] : of Yorks. School : not given. Admitted
sizar under M'' Wilkinson 5 May 1721. Age 18.
B.A. 172|. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721 (apparently as a Bunting
Exhibitioner) again 13 Nov. 1723 (but not in the list of scholars by counties).
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Vicar of Helpstone 1731-t. Vicar of Wiggenhall St Mary, Norfolk 1733-56
(Blomefield, 4. 760). Rector of Bactou, Norfolk 1744-55 (ib. 4. 52). A Rev.
M"' Garforth died at York 1761 {Gent. Mag. p. 94).
Currer, Major: [father not given] : born at Langber [Langbar], Yorks. School :
not given. Admitted pensioner under M'' Wilkinson 5 May 1721. Age 19.
B.A. 172i. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721. Ordained deacon, Peterborough,
1726 Sept. : licensed to Helpstone: priest November: and vicar of Helpstone.
Buried there 1731 (Sweeting, Feterborough Churches, 93).
Currer, Josias : [father not given] : born at Langber [Langbar], Yorks. School :
not given. Admitted pensioner under M'' Wilkinson 5 May 1721. Age 18.
B.A. 172i,: M.A. 1736. Brother of Major. Admitted scholar 8 May 1721.
Ordained deacon, Ely, 172| Feb. : priest 1725 Sept. Vicar of Stapleforth
[1 Stapleford, Cambs.] 29 June 1736. Vicar of Meldreth 3 March 173i'.
Mercator, Robert : son of Daniel : of Notts. School : not given. Admitted
first at Oxford, then sizar under M'' Atherton 20 May 1721. Age 20.
B.A. 172f. Matric''. at Lincoln College 26 Feb. 171| as son of Daniel of
Blj'th, Notts., aged 17. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1723 Sept. ; licensed to
Skidbrook, Lines.
Bellis, Robert : third son of Robert, clerk : born at Ince, Cheshire. Educated
by his father. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 2 June 1721. Age 20.
LL.B. 1726. Baptised at Ince 1 Jan. 170^ where his father was vicar.
Brother of Samuel (1712) and John (1715). Perhaps curate of Ashton, Lanes,
on 25 Nov. 1726 (Fellows of the Manchester College, ll. 224).
Hind, Liptrot : son of William : born at Ince, Cheshire. Educated there [perhaps
by M'' Bellis]. Admitted sizar under M' Atherton 2 June 1721. Age 15.
B.A. 172|. Admitted scholar 1 June 1722.
Slade, John : [father not given] : born at Mickle Straford [?], Cheshire. School :
not given. Admitted sizar under M"' Atherton 2 June 1721. Age 18.
B.A. 172i; M.A. 1728. Admitted scholar 13 Nov. 1723. Ordained
deacon, Chester, 1725 June: licensed to cure of Cheddington [? Cheddleton]
Chapel, Staffs. 3 Feb. 172f : priest, Lichfield, 1727 Sept. Vicar of Biddulph,
Staffs. 8 Oct. 1732, patron, Sir Tho. Gresley. Perhaps Master of Dilhorne
School before 1734 and down to 1754 : translator of Musaeus, London 1753,
4*°: and Master of Bosworth School before 1758 and in 1764. Died 1787
(J.E.B.M.). His son Tho. admitted 1764.
Handley, William : son of William : born at Wimbolds Traford, Cheshire.
School : not given. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 2 June 1721. Age 16
LL.B. 1726.
Allen, William : son of Francis : born at Alderwas [? Alrewas near Eceleshall],
Staffs. School : not given. Admitted pensioner under M'' Cartwright 7 June
1721. Age not given.
B.A. 172i; M.A. 1736. Admitted scholar 1 June 1722 (of Staffs.). Or-
dained deacon (as of Christ's — no degree), Lichfield, 1724 Sept. : priest, Lincoln,
1727 Sept. : curate of Kegworth. Perhaps curate of Navenby 1734-8. One
Will. Allen, B.A., was rector of Farley-Chamberlayne, Hants. 27 June 1729.
Chester, John : son of Thomas : born in London. School : Eton. Admitted
pensioner under M"^ Atherton 10 June 1721. Age 18.
Admitted scholar 1 June 1722. Resided till Mids^ 1723. Admitted at
the Inner Temple, as son of Tho. Chester of Covent Garden, merchant
12 Feb. 172|.
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Cowling (Collings), Peter: [father not given]: of Yorks. School: Skipton.
Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 1 July 1721. Age not given.
B.A. (Cowling — so also at matriculation — carelessly copied into the Ad-
mission-book as Collings) 1724. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1725 May ; licensed
to King's Ripton, Hunts.: priest 1727 May: curate of Hamerton, Hunts.
Three generations of Peter Cowlings buried (with M.I.) in Fen Stanton church :
the first being Peter Cowling, gent., who died 8 Dec. 1786, aged 5G.
Holmes, Henry : [father not given]. School : Skipton. Admitted sizar under
M' Atherton 1 July 1721. Age not given.
B.A. 172i. Admitted scholar (Yorks.) 1 July 1722.
Loraine, Richard: son of Sir William, Bart., of Kirkharle, Northumberland.
School: not given. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Aynsley 3 July 1721.
Age not given.
Kept "in the Master's, over the Parler" till Lady Day 1724. Third son
of Sir Will. Loraine of Kirkharle, the " great planter." Admitted at the
Middle Temple 30 May 1724. "A proper hand-some man, of good sense and
behaviour" (M.L). Unmarried. Died suddenly of apoplexy while walking
in a field near London 26 Oct. 1738, aged 37 — in his father's life-time.
Peirse, William : [father not given] : born at Hutton Bonville, Yorks. School :
Wakefield. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Hutton 10 Oct. 1721. Age
not given.
Resided from Easter 1722 to Mids''. 1723. Thomas Peirse of Thimbleby,
younger son of Richard of Hutton Bonville, married in 1700 Anne, daughter
of Sir Richard Hustler of Acklam. His eldest son, William, succeeded to
Hutton Bonville, married and left a daughter Mary who married the Rev.
Edw. Stillingfleet. His younger brother Richard (who died 1759) succeeded
to Thimbleby and Hutton Bonville (Burke, Landed Gentrij).
*Staniforth, William : [father and birthplace not given]. School : Rotherham.
Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 9 Nov. 1721. Age 19.
B.A. 172|-; M.A. 1730. Admitted scholar (Yorks.) 13 Nov. 1723. Or-
dained deacon, Lincoln, 1726 Sept. ; licensed to Godmanchester ; priest 1727
May : curate of Huntingdon. Elected Fellow, succeeding M'' Cartwright
13 April 1734. Praelector, Junior Dean, Catechist, Bunting and Walkhamp-
ton Preacher, and Steward 1735. Buried at Great St Andrew's 12 Aug. 1738.
M"' Staniforth, " late Fellow of Christ's College " appears among the subscribers
to Sanderson's Algebra in 1740. On 21 May 1741 £35 was paid to M'' Day
by the College, as due to him from M'' Staniforth, when Steward.
Stillington, Joseph : [father and birthplace not given]. School : Wakefield.
Admitted fellow-commoner under M' Hutton 7 Dec. 1721. Age not given.
Resided from Easter 1722 to Mids"'. 1723. Admitted at the Middle Temple
21 Nov. 1719 as only son of Tho. Stillington of Kelfield, Yorks. (admitted at
Christ's 1681).
**Rooke, George Henry :
Born 3 Aug. 1702, son of Will., attorney, of Carlisle. School: Westminster.
Admitted pensioner at Trinity 1721, scholar 1722: B.A. (Trin.) 172|.;
M.A. (Christ's) 1728 ; D.D. 1745 : migrated to Christ's 13 Jan. 172|. Elected
Fellow, in place of Matt. Hutton, 3 June 1727. Took a few pupils (mostly
fellow-commoners) from 1729 onwards. Praelector, Junior Dean and Cate-
chist, Bunting and Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward 1731. Knapwell
Preacher 1733. Senior Dean 1739. Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay
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Preacher 1740. Licensed to Great Eversdeu 18 Sept. 1732. Vicar of Little
Abington 6 Apr. 1736 : but resigned before June 1737. Vicar of Foxton
7 Mar. 173|-. Had a lease of Hapton tithes for three years, Mich. 1739.
Rector of Hadstock, Essex, 1740. Proctor 1741-2. From 1742 to 1744 he
signs rarely and perhaps resided at Hadstock. On 1 March 174i D'' Towers
the Master died, and Rooke was elected his successor : each was a Whig ; but
the tirst was quite free from self-seeking : the College was prevailingly Whig
in the first half of the century : the election of D'' Thomas in 17.54 marks the
turn of the tide. D"" Rooke was V.C 174-5-6. As such he presented the address
to the King on the suppression of the Jacobite rebellion, including " the ad-
mirable conduct and heroick bravery " of the Duke of Cumberland. He was
"one of the most managing persons among the Heads" (Cole). He had sup-
ported the Duke of Newcastle in the contest for the High Stewardship in 1737 :
and supported him again when he succeeded the Duke of Somerset in 1748 as
Chancellor of the University. He wrote one of the official poems on the death
of George I and accession of George II. On 30 April 1747 he had a dispensa-
tion from Lambeth to hold the rectory of Great Horkesley (near Colchester)
as well as Hadstock, distant 25 miles. On 1 June 1749 he became Prebendary
of Lincoln: and on 23 Nov. 1751 Prebendary of Bristol, on the presentation
of Lord Chancellor Hardwick " to whose brother he had offered an Honorary
Fellowship " (1 but so Cole). He spent much money on the Lodge, into which
lodgers were no longer received, as in the days of Cudworth and Cove), and
(to a less degree) of Towers. Even Cole allowed that " he fitted up the Lodge
in elegant and good taste " : he persuaded the Fellows to let him have the old
" Parlour " to be (as it has ever since been) the Master's dining room. He
never married. He died, suddenly, in College 7 Feb. 1754, aged 51 : and was
buried at Hadstock. He incurred the special hatred of Cole, whose description
of him as " universally disesteemed by all sorts of people and all sorts of
parties" is vigorous : "he had the usual concomitants of hautine.ss, meanness
and servility to an expi-essible degree, being the most abject slave and fawning
sycophant that I ever saw," " from his tirst admission an abject and servile
ilatter of young noblemen and fellow commoners." Cole's account probably
needs to be discounted : the last part may mean little more than that his
pupils were drawn from this class. But it is probable that he was " unamiable
and of rough manners" (Welch, Al. Westinonasterienses). He was cei'tainly
unpopular in the L^niversity : for the numerous attacks on him in the
Capitade and in other pamphlets, see my History of Christ's College, and
Wordsworth, Univ. Life in the ISth Century. When V.C. he proposed to the
Senate to employ the surplus of money raised to suppress the rebellion of 1745
for some purpose which the Senate rejected, and (according to Cole) rejected
all other graces during his term of office. For the Orders and Regulations
for the government of the University .sent down by the Chancellor in 1750,
at the instigation as was supposed of D'' Rooke, D"' Keene of Peterhouse, and
D'' Chapman (admitted here 1734, afterwards Master of Magdalene), and for
the tumult caused by them see Wordsworth, ih. 64-77. Though unwisely con-
ceived they must be regarded as an attempt at reform which was really needed.
Rooke should also be credited with the introduction of " examinations " —
probably slight enough, and soon becoming a dead letter^which occur first in
the orders made in his Mastership : probably he brought the idea from Trinity
where Bentley had introduced them. According to E. Pyle {Memoirs of a
Royal Chaplain, p. 158) — a well-informed man — D'' Rooke made so much
interest for the Divinity Professorship, vacant 1748 that Green of St John's
who was actually elected could not promise enough without " making interest
above to get a promise made to Rook that pleased him as well as the
Professorship, for which he is not fit."
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Umfreville, Gilbert:
Pupil of M"^ Atherton. Matric''. pensioner 1721. Admitted scholar (Essex)
I.June 1722. Began to reside Mich. 1721. Resided till Mich. 1723. Probably
akin to Charles (1720) but not a brother : he was of Middlesex.
Briggs, John : son of William : born at Tadcaster, Yorks. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale, under M"^ Pooley. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 17 Feb. 172|.
Age 17.
B.A. 172f. Admitted scholar 13 Nov. 1723. Ordained deacon, York,
[date not found]; licensed to Ardingfleet [1] 1728: priest 1730 Aug.
Gibbs, William : son of Thomas : born at Ludlow, Salop. School : Whitchurch,
under M> Hughes. Admitted sizar under M^ Cartwright 23 Mar. 172-^-. Age 19.
B.A. 172|. Admitted scholar 8 Nov. 1722. Ordained deacon, Hereford,
1726 Sept. Licensed to cure of Battlefield, Salop 15 July 1730. Rector of
Baxterley, Warw. 28 Feb. 173|, presented by Joh. Hall : gone before Mar. 173|.
One of these names rector of Congeston, Leics. 1740: patron, Anne Palmer:
died 10 July 1757, aged 56 : his wife, Anne, died 1744. One of these names,
emigrant minister to New England, received the £20 bounty for the voyage
11 Oct. 1744 (Fothergill, 29).
Vevers, Williams : son of Richard : born at Barwick in Elmet, Yorks. School :
Penison [Penistone], under M'' Ramsden. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton
24 Mar. 1.721. Age not given.
B.A. 172|; M.A. 1729. Admitted scholar 13 Nov. 1723. Ordained priest,
York, 1728 July : curate of Skelbrooke. Licensed to St James's Chapel in
the parish of Sandal Magna 1728.
? Vicar of Scholes, Wakefield, died 1745 {Gent. Mag.).
Tayler, Jerem.y : son of Jeremy : [birthplace not given]. School : King's College
School, Cambridge. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 28 May 1722. Age
not given.
Admitted scholar (Hunts.) 1 June 1722. His name appears in the Study-
rents till Mids. 1725 — always without charge. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1729
Sept. : licensed to Firsby, Lines. : priest 1748 June. Instituted to Easton,
Herts. 19 Sept. 1749.
Cookson, John : son of James : [birthplace not given]. School : Giggleswick,
" probe edoctus," under M"' Carr. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 29 June
1722. Age 22.
M.B. 1727. Admitted scholar (Yorks.) 13 Nov. 1723. Resided till Lady
Day 1728. Probably one of the Cooksons of Settle. John Cookson, M.D.,
died at Wakefield 1779, aged 79 {Gent. Mag. p. 271).
*Jebb, John :
Admitted pensioner at St John's 19 June 1722, son of Sam. Jebb, maltster,
of Mansfield, Notts. : educated there under M"' Hucklebridge. B.A. (Joh.)
1721; M.A. (Christ's) 1729. Migrated to Christ's in hope of a Fellowship
(R. F. Scott): he appears in residence in the Mich. Term 1728. He was
admitted Fellow (succeeding M'' Simpson) 12 Feb. 172f " upon a Devolution"
[because the Society could not agree : there is an appeal from Tho. Alderson
(1725 — whom see) dated 8 Feb.] on the appointment of D'' Frankland V.C.
with D''^ Bentley and Ashton as assessors. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1728 July:
licensed to Sandy : priest 1730 Aug. In 1728 applied to be placed on the list
of the King's " modern scholars," as understanding French and something of
Italian, and desiring a secretaryship at home or abroad (Wordsworth, Schol.
Acad. 149 n.). He seems to have resided till June 1730 : afterwards he signs
only on 2 July 1733 : and on 13 April 1734 — perhaps because of his marriage
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to Anne, daughter of David Gansel of Donnyland Hall, Colchester — his Fellow-
ship was declared vacant. His son John of Peterhouse, well known as a
University reformer was born early in 1736, in London, where his father may
have been then domiciled. Chaplain in Ireland about this time to the Duke
of Devonshire, Lord Lieutenant. Treasurer of Ch. Ch. Dublin 5 Api-. 1740.
Prebendary of Ossory Cathedral 1736-40. Dean of Cashel 22 June 1769, till
death. For some time rector of St Thomas in the East, Dublin. Resided in
his later years at Egham : it is recorded that "at 76 he is as active and
vigorous as most men of 40, and more robust (for such is his make) than most
men." Died 6 Feb. 1787, aged 82 — buried at Ashford (Lysons, Midd. Parishes).
(See R. F. Scott in Johnian Adm'K Book Part ill. 350.) He was a friend of
David Hartley the philosopher.
Donnison, James : son of William : born at Gatesyde [Gateshead], Durham.
School : Sedbergh, under D"' Sanders. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton
4 Feb. 172|. Age 18.
Admitted scholar 13 Nov. 1723. Resided till Mich. 1724.
*Philpot, Richard : son of Richard : born at Oakham, Ruts. School : Oakham,
under M'' Wright. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 26 June 1723. Age 17.
B.A. 1724; M.A. 1730. Admitted .scholar 13 Nov. 1723. Library keeper.
Elected Fellow, succeeding M'' Raye 25 May 1729. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1730 May : priest in September. Praelector, Junior Dean, Catechist, Bunting
and Walkhampton Preacher and Steward 1732. Presented to the vicarage of
Helpstone, succeeding M"^ Garforth 19 April 1734. Knapwell Preacher 1734.
Resigned Helpstone before May 1735, when Will. Paley, father of the Arch-
deacon, began his long incumbency. Lived in College and signed for the last
time (in a firmer hand than was his wont) 26 Oct. 1737. Died before 23 Jan.
17.31
Jackson, Robert : [father and birthplace not given]. School : Leeds, under
M'' Barnard. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Atherton 1 July 1723. Age not
given.
I think he never resided. One of these names B.A. (Clare Hall) 172|^.
Loraine, Charles : second son of Sir William, Bart., of Kirkharle, Northumb'^.
School not given. Admitted pensioner under M' Wilkinson 4 July 1723.
Age 18.
LL.B. 1728. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. He kept with his brother
Richard, afterwards alone, "over the parler, in the Master's": but as a
pupil, throughout, of M' Cartwright not of M"' Wilkinson. Resided till Mids'.
1728. Married (1) probably in the same year, Mary, daughter of Ra. Lambton
of Lambton Hall, by whom he had one daughter, who died young. Sheriff
for Northumberland 1743. Owing to the death of his elder brother Richard
(1721) in 1738 he succeeded to the title 22 Jan. 174J on the death of his
father Sir William, aged 84. In 1748 he married (2) Dorothy, daughter of
Ra. Mylott of Whitehill, Durham, by whom he had sons, William, the fourth
Baronet (1767), Charles (1767) and Lambton (1769). Devoted himself to
county business and sports. Died 29 Apr. 1755 and buried at Kirkharle.
Barwell, Simon : [no facts]. Admitted pensioner under M' Atherton [no date]
1723. Resided till Mids''. 1724. Probably a great grandson of Edward
(1595) the rector of Kegworth (1610-39), who had a grandson Simon, born
1662, "bred to the law and settled in Leicester" : perhaps the Simon Barwell
who had a lease of Diseworth 29 May 1719 for 21 years, fine £519. 16s. Od.
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Otway, Thomas : son of James : bora at Middletou, Westmoreland. School :
Sedbeigh, under D' Saunders. Admitted sizar under M' Cartwright 10 Oct.
1723. Age not given.
B.A. 172|^ ; M.A. 1731. Admitted scholar 29 Apr. 1724. I cannot con-
nect him with the elder Otways of the College : who all derived from the
Middleton house. Rector of St Augustine, Norwich, 1730 : and minor Canon
of the Catliedral. Died 31 July 1732, aged 28. M.L in Blomefield, 2. 504.
Weller, John Badger : son of Alexander : born in London. School : Felstead,
under M' Hutchin. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton 15 Mar. 172|.
Age 16.
M.B. 1729. Admitted scholar 2 July 1725.
Gough, Thomas : son of Edward : born at Eyton, Salop. School : Shrewsbury,
under M"^ Owen. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 18 Apr. 1724.
Age 19.
B.A. 172|. Admitted scholar 2 July 1725. Ordained priest, Hereford,
1729 Oct.
Applin, William : son of Richard : born at Staple Fitzpaine, Somerset. School :
not given. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 29 June 1724. Age 19.
B.A. 172|. Admitted scholar 2 July 172.5.
**Thom.as, Hugh : [father not given] : born at Landshipping, Pembroke. School:
Pembroke, under M'' Rice Evans. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 2 July
1724. Age 17.
B.A. 172| ; M.A. 1731 ; D.D. 1753. Perhaps akin to our Will. Thomas
who collected the College tithes at Manorbier, near Pembroke. Admitted
scholar 2 July 1725. Elected Fellow in place of M"' Monoux 4 Jan. 173^.
Ordained deacon, Ely, 1730 Aug. : priest, Lincoln, 1731 June. Praelector, Junior
Dean, Catechist, Bunting and Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward 1733.
Knapwell preacher 1735. Senior Dean 1740. Senior Greek Lecturer and
Mildmay Preacher 1741 and 1742. University Taxor 1736-7. Scrutator
1743-4. Took pupils from 1738-45, together with M' Makin : but the whole
number was not great. In 1740 had a lease of the Manor and rectory of
Gateley, which he held till 1750. During 1745 and 1746 he signs irregularly :
in October 1747 for the last time : in that year he was presented by the
Chapter of Southwell to the vicarage of RoUeston, Notts, but not instituted
till 20 Sept. 1749 : by College Order 28 July 1749 he was to hold Gateley as
well as Rolleston if the Bishop consented : apparently the Bishop did not :
Thomas resigned Gateley the next year. On 30 Sept. 1748 he became Arch-
deacon of Nottingham, and Prebendar}' of Southwell 29 June 1749. On
30 Oct. 1749 he resigned his Fellowship having had "a full j'ear's possession
of the Archdeaconry." He held a Prebend at York from Dec. 1749 to July
1750. In 1750 he became Chancellor of York, and rector of Wheldrake,
Yorks. (worth £140) : he was chaplain to the Archbishop, and liad dispensa-
tion 23 Nov. 1751 to hold also the rectory of Etton, distant 16 miles, worth
£130. When D' Rooke died suddenly Thomas was recalled to Cambridge to
be Master of the College : and held the Mastership from 18 Feb. 175| for
26 years. In 1754 he was Vice-Chancellor : and was again elected in 1777
when he was more than 70 years old : he declined to serve on the ground of
health, and was excused by grace from payment of a mulct of £100. On
2 Dec. his successor was appointed. He became Dean of Ely 15 July 1758,
and is genei-ally referred to for the next 22 years as " Dean Thomas." I think
that he held all these preferments, but one, till his death in 1780 : even Cole,
who liked both the man and his politics (opposed to the Whiggery of his two
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predecessors) thought it remarkable: "he Hves snugly and handsomely ami
has provided monej' for a growing family." Cole says that he declined the
Bishopric of Carlisle in 1769 when Edm. Law of Christ's was appointed —
Gray, writing to Mason 29 Dec. 1768, says that he had been appointed: a
further story that Law persuaded Thomas to refuse it, in order that he might
have it himself, seems to rest on the constant statement of M'* Thomas :
Cole (who did not love Law) does not seem to have believed it : and says
that the Archbishop Cornwallis (also of Christ's) recommended both. He
married (1) Miss Metcalfe, daughter of the rector of Toft: she was buried
there 17 June 17.54 — and two children in 1756 and 1758 ; (2) Miss Grigson
of Pembrokeshire. He died at the Lodge, rather suddenly, 11 July 1780 —
and was buried privately in the centre of the ante-chapel, in the evening, six
Fellows bearing the pall (Cole). In Cole's words, he was " always esteemed a
very worthy man " : and he clearly was popular with all men. He certainly
did not encourage reform in the College : but acquiesced in it when urged by
the young Fellows, Will. Paley and John Law.
Dawson, Ambrose : son of William : born at Settle. School : Giggleswick,
under M' Carr. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton 4 July 1724. Age
not given.
M.B. 1730; M.D. 1735. Admitted scholar 2 July 1725. Son of Will.
(169i) of LangclifF, Settle, the friend of Sir Isaac Newton, and of Jane,
daughter of Ambrose Pudsey of Bolton Hall. Practised at Grosvenor Square,
London. F.R.C.P. 1737 : Censor 1740 ; and thrice again : Elect 9 Apr. 1750 :
Consiliarius 1755-7, and 1759. Physician to St George's Hospital 1745-60.
In 1776 he left London and took up his residence at Langcliff Hall. But the
climate of the country did not suit him ; and he removed to Liverpool. Died
there after a short illness 23 Dec. 1794: buried at Bolton. Author: Thoughts
on Hydrocephalus Internus, 1778 : Observations on Hydatids in the Heads of
Cattle, 1778. (Munk, 2. 134.)
Weller, Francis : son of Francis : bom at Donnington, Sussex. School : Ton-
bridge, under M'' Spenceley [Spencer : see Johnian Adm'K Book, passini\.
Admitted pensioner under M"' Atherton 30 Oct. 1724. Age 18.
B.A. 172|; M.A. 1734. Admitted scholar 19 Xov. 1725. Resided till
Sept. 1733 — perhaps later. Ordained priest, Ely, 1734 Dec. Vicar of
Hellingly, Sussex 1734. Buried there Feb. 1741.
Ward, William : son of William, LL.D., of Yorks. School : Eton, under D"^ Bland.
Admitted pensioner under M"' Atherton 9 Feb. 172|. Age 16.
M.A. {com. reg.) 1728. Second son of D'' Will. Ward, Chancellor of the
diocese of York, and of Barbara Mott of Witherstield. Admitted at the
Middle Temple 7 July 1726. Married Arminia Cartwright of Aynhoe,
Northants. Died without issue 1739, aged 32. (Hunter, F.M.G. 648.)
Bainbrig, Christopher: [father not given]: born at Biggings, Westmoreland.
School : Kirkby Stephen, under M'' Pooley. Admitted sizar under M"' Cart-
wright 16 Feb. 1724. Age 22.
LL.B. 1730. Admitted scholar 2 July 1725. Resided till June 1730,
though ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1727 Dec. and licensed to Holywell with
Needingworth, near St Ives : priest 1730 May, at the request of the Bishop of
Peterborough.
*Alderson, Thomas : [father not given] : born at Bainbrige [1], Yorks. School :
Sedbergh, under D'' Sanders. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 26 Feb.
1724. Age 20.
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M.A. (com. rey.) 1728: why, I cannot understand: unless interest was
made in liis favour in view of the following matter. Early in 1729 M' Simp-
son's fellowship was declared vacant, the Master and five Fellows wished to
elect Alderson : there being no majority the appointment went to the Visitor,
who on 8 Feb. 172f appointed John Jebb formerly of St John's (whom see).
On 5 Feb. Alderson petitioned the Visitor, while his decision was still pend-
ing, on the ground that Jebb had no "natural claim.' (He had migrated as
a B.A. from St John's before the end of 1728, doubtless on the motion of some
of the Fellows in order to keep Alderson out of a Fellow.ship.) He com-
plained that he had been injured in the estimation of the Society by divers
slanderous reports. His petition was supported by the Master, by Cartwright
(his tutor) and by Wilkinson, Harwell, Neville and Trant : the opponents
must have been Atherton, Raye, Sitwell, Chamberlayne, Monoux, Edm. Law
and G. H. Rooke. As above mentioned Jebb was appointed by the Visitor,
Frankland, V.C., with Bentley and Ashton as assessors. It is odd that Neville,
under whom Jebb had been entered, supported Alderson. Still more odd is
the fact that Alderson never took the ordinary B.A. degree but was admitted
M.A. in 1728 (as mentioned above), half a year before the election, though
neither by birth nor by merit could he have any claim to it. In the Study-
rents he appears as late as Sept. 1731 as a pupil of Cartwright. Alderson
purged his character to the Society, for in 1731 when Wilkinson died, he was
elected Fellow 17 Nov. 1731 and was admitted 26 Nov., a fact which implies
that he was not in residence. In 1732 he resided. In 173| (10 July) he was
instituted vicar of Burgh Wallis, near Doncaster : which he held till his death,
1754 : he was buried there, Dec. 20. (Hunter, S. Forks. 2. 486.)
Wood, Richard : son of Richard : born at Askrigg, Yorks. School : Sedbergh,
under D' Saunders. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 5 Mar. 172^.
Age 19.
B.A. 172-^. Admitted scholar (Richmond) 2 July 172-5. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1729 June; licensed to Holbeach, Lines.
Hall, William. : [no facts given]. Admitted fellow-commoner under M' Atherton
15 Mar. 172A. Came into residence Mich. 1725 and remained till Mids. 1729.
Shepherd, Benjamin: son of John: born at Hill upon Coat [?], Salop.
School : Masinridware [Mavesyu Ridware], under M' Stephenson. Admitted
pensioner under M' Atherton 25 May 1725. Age 18.
B.A. 172^. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Ordained deacon, Hereford,
1729 Oct. : priest 1731 Aug.
Jackson, Thomas : son of Adam: born at Giggles wick. School: Giggles wick,
under M'' Carr. Admitted sizar under M' Atherton 12 June 1725. Age 22.
Took no degree : according to the Study -rents he resided till Mids. 1728 :
but in the York Register he appears as a literate of Christ's College, ordained
deacon and licensed to curacy of Kirkly \_sic] July 1727: priest 1731 July.
Master of Drax School, near Selby 12 July 1728. Vicar of Prestwick near
Hedon 1730-40, when he resigned. Perhaps rector of Kirkby Underdale,
Yorks. 18 Jan. 1739. Vicar of Burstwick 1758-84, when he died. (Poulson,
Holderness, 2. 185, 360.)
Prince, Samuel : son of Samuel : born at Leeds. School : Leeds, under M'' Barnard.
Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 28 June 1725. Age 19.
B.A. 172|. Admitted scholar 2 July 1725. Ordained deacon, Ely, by
letters dimissory from York 1731 Dec. : priest, Lincoln, 1733 May : vicar of
St James, Great Grimsby 1733-50.
1725—1726 211
Abernethy, John: son of John [birthplace crossed out]. School: Westminster,
under D' Friend. Admitted pensioner under M' Atherton 1 July 1725.
Age IS.
LL.B. 1730. Admitted scholar (Cumberland) 4 May 1727: resided till
Mids. 1732. ? Grandfather of D'' John Abernethy.
Parkin, Jonathan : [father not given] : born at Penistone, Yorks. School : Peni-
stone, under M' Ramsden. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 2 July 172.5.
Resided till Dec. 1730. Possibly minister of Denby near Penistone, later
than 17-51 but no exact date found (Hunter, S. Yorks. 2. 353).
Hesketh, Robert : son of Samuel : born at Bretherton, Lanes. School: Heskin,
under M' Johnson. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 7 July 1725.
Age 20.
Admitted scholar -t May 1727. Resided till Lady Day 1728 : name on
the list, without charge, one quarter more. In 1726 he was a member of the
" Cambridge Youths" — a society for ringing changes on Great St Mai-y's bells.
(Cooper, Ann. 4. 185.)
Story, George : son of Ralph : born at Abberwick, Northumb''. : M.A. of
Edinburgh. Admitted sizar under M' Atherton 5 Oct. 1725. Age 22.
Resided till Mids". 1726. Perhaps Geo. Story, nephew of George of
Bishop Wearmouth, Esq. Admitted at Gray's Inn 16 Dec. 1725. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1726 June : licensed to Southoe and Hailweston, Hunts.,
later at Shillington, Herts. (Rev. L. H. Postgate, vicar). Vicar of Lanercost
Priory near Carlisle, from about 1728 : held it for 37 years, and died 1765,
aged 63 : M.I. in south wall of church : which was rebuilt by his exertions
after it had fallen down. Erected in 1761 a memorial on the north wall to
the founder Robert de Vallibus (Vaux) lord of Gilsland. (R. E. K. Rigbye,
Esq.)
Dodgson, Samuel : son of John : born at York. School : Leeds, under M'' Barnard.
Admitted sizar under M"' Atherton 8 March 172f. Age 19.
B.A. ITfi; M.A. 1734. Admitted scholar 28 May 1729. Ordained
deacon, York, 1731 July: priest 1733 Aug. Probably vicar of Calverley,
Yorks. 5 Apr. 1742 : which he held till 1747.
Watkinson, Peter : son of Peter : born at Bolton, Yorks. School : Skipton,
under M' Leadall. Admitted sizar under M' Atherton 18 Mar. 172|. Age 20.
Admitted scholar 28 May 1729. Baptised at Bolton Abbey 23 Feb. 1705.
Buried at Great St Andrew's 7 Aug. 1729.
Turner, Laurence : son of Thomas : born at Eaton, Lanes. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 19 Mar. 1721. Age 17.
B.A. 17|§. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Library keeper 24 May
1729, resigning his scholarship. Resided till his death from small pox : buried
at Great St Andrew's 24 Jan. 173^.
Grimshaw, William : son of William : born at Briudle, Lanes. School : Heskin,
under 31' .Johnson. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 2 Apr. 1726.
Age 17.
B.A. 17f^. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Educated (1) at Brindle,
(2) at Heskin, under M'' Tho. Johnson (1 171i) — see autobiography in James,
Brad/ard (continuation) 287. Resided till Lady Day 1731, when he was
ordained and licensed to Rochdale, and then to Todmorden, where he remained ■
till 1742, married and lost his wife, and went through a spiritual conversion,
out of which became a pronounced Evangelical. On 16 May 1742 he became
perpetual curate of Haworth, and worked there in a most earnest and eccentric
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way for twenty years. His activity was endless : like Wesley he preached out-
side his own parish in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire : at
home he got the Haworth races abolished, drove his parishioners to church (with
a horse-whip, according to legend) and emptied the public houses on Sundays.
Yet he lived at peace with all, and though called to account for supposed
irregularity in preaching by the Archbishop, was sufiFered to go his own way.
Intimate with the Wesleys, Whitefield and Henry Venn. Died 7 Apr. 1763,
of a putrid fever caught in visiting a parishioner : buried at Luddenden, near
Haworth. (D.N.B. : Overton, Evang. Revival, 60.)
Brunton, John : son of William : born at Monkton, Durham. School : Sedbergh,
under D'' Saunders. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 6 April 1726.
Age 22.
B.A. 17|-|. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Chaplain of Newcastle Gaol.
Perpetual curate of St John's, Newcastle. Died 17 March 1780 (Brand,
Newcastle, 1. 120). One of the same names was curate of Birtley in the
parish of Chollerton 1751-4 (Hodgson, 4. 360).
Borrow, Curwen : son of Joshua : born at Huttou, Cumberland. School :
Kirkby Lonsdale. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 16 Apr. 1726.
Age 17.
B.A. 17§^. Joshua, the father, was curate of Aldingham in Furness in
1695. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Ordained deacon, Carlisle, 1730 July :
priest 1737 Sept.
Gray, John : son of William : born at Burton, Yorks. School : Morland [between
Penrith and Appleby], under M"' Thompson. Admitted sizar under M"' Cart-
wright 27 May 1726. Age 21.
B.A. 17|^; M.A. 1737. Ordained deacon, York, 1730 Aug. ? Vicar of
Steyning, Suss. 1749-57. One Rev. M"' Gray, curate of Swillington, Yorks.,
died 1768. {Gent. Mag. 447.) Might be LL.B. (Pet.) 1744.
Geere, Diones : son of Diones : born at Rottiugdean, Suss. School : Battle,
under M'' Sorsbie. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 2 June 1726. Age 18.
B.A. \1%%; M.A. 1746. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Ordained deacon,
Chichester, 1731 June: priest, Ely, 1732 Dec, by letters dimissory from
Chichester. Rector of South Heighton, Sussex, with Tarring-Neville 1738.
Chaplain to Lord Rutherford. Had dispensation from Lambeth to hold with
these the rectory of Pett, distant about 25 miles.
Topham, Edward : son of Joshua : born at Selby, Yorks. School : York,
under M'' Herbert. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 4 June 1726. Age 17.
Resided till Mids'. 1728 : then migrated to Trinity College : B.A. (there)
17|4; M.A. 1733. Fellow of Trinity.
Stoddart, Charles : son of Charles : born at Bambrough, Northumb''. School :
Morpeth. Admitted sizar under M' Atherton 4 May 1726. Age 19.
B.A. 17f^; M.A. 1733. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Second of the name,
elder son of Cha. Stoddart (1690), vicar of Chillingham : brother of Robert
(1730). Vicar of Chollerton, Northumb''. 1733: and held it for 57 years'.
Also rector of Whatton, 1748-60 when he resigned (Hodgson, ii. i. 376).
Also vicar of Brampton, Cumberland, 1773 (Whellan, 650). Married Ann,
daughter of Ralph Bates of Halliwell. Died 1790. His son, Charles, ad-
mitted 1758: grandson, Charles 1790.
Byam, Francis: son of Edward : born at Antigua. School : Westminster, under
D"' Friend. Admitted pensioner under M"^ Atherton 18 June 1726. Age
about 18.
1726—1727 213
Born 1709, younger son of Edward, Governor of the Leeward Islands, and
of Lydia Martin. Resided till Mids''. 1728 : then migrated to Trinity College :
admitted 3 July 1728. B.A. (there) 17f^; M.A. 17.33. Fellow of Trinity.
Married Jane, daughter of Col. Edw. Warner of Eltham, Kent. Went out to
Antigua 1 Sept. 1733, with the usual £20 bounty as "emigrant minister"
(Fothergill, p. 18). Rector of St John's, Antigua. Member of the Council.
Died 1757. (Oliver, Hist, of Antigua, 1. 9G-101.)
Smelt, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Stockton, Durham. School : Kirk-
leatham, under M"' Clarke. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton 24 June
1726. Age 20.
M.B. 1731. Resided till Mids"'. 1732. Probably a grandson of one of the
Smelts of Kirkby Fleetham — Thomas (1663) or Leonard or John (1674).
Every, Henry : son of Simon : born at Navenby, Lines. School : Repton, under
M'' Fletcher. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton 30 June 1726. Age 18.
Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Resided till Christmas 1728 : elder
brother of John (below) and of Simon (1730) : sons of Sir Simon (1680), Fellow
1687-1704 and then rector of Navenby, by his wife Mary Clarke of Somerby.
Married 1 July 1741 a daughter of Henry Ibbetson of Yorkshire. Of Eggin-
ton, Derbs. High Sheriff for Derbs. 1749. Succeeded his father Sir Simon
in the title 175J. Died without issue 175.5 : succeeded by his brother John.
Every, John : son of Simon ; born at Navenby, Lines. School : Repton, under
M' Fletcher. Admitted pensioner under M'' Atherton 30 June 1726. Age 17.
B.A. 17f|; M.A. 1733. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Resided till
Mich. 1731. When Tho. Robinson was elected Fellow 27 May 1731, Every
appealed to D' Mawson, V.C., who on August 10 rejected the appeal, D'' Col-
batch, one of the assessors, dissenting : the decision (but not the ground of the
appeal) is given in the Master's Book of Statutes, page 93. Ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 173|, and licensed to assist his father at Navenby: priest 1733 Dec.
Vicar of Bracebridge, Lincoln 1737. Rector of Waddington, Lines, of which
his father purchased the advowson, in 1741. Succeeded to the title on the
death of his brother Sir Henry in 1755. In or before 1756 he sold the
advowson of Waddington to Lincoln College. Died without issue 1779, when
(all his brothers being dead) the title passed to his distant cousin, Edward.
He wrote a curious letter in 1753 to announce the death of his father. Sir
Simon, the rector of Navenby. Apparently he regarded D' Rooke (then
Master) as specially hostile to his election. He concludes his letter to "its
present Head, whose inimitable Behaviour in all its circumstances, as it cannot
easily be forgotten so is most heartily forgiven by their once unworthy member,
John Every." A copy (still preserved) of the letter is endorsed " sent to
D' Rooke, Master of Christ Coll. a fawning hipocritical Rascal " !
Callcott, Francis : son of John : born at Shrewsbury. School : Shrewsbury,
under M"' Owen. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 17 Oct. 1726. Age 17.
B.A. 173f. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727.
Blackboum, Thomas : son of Francis : born at Richmond. School : Sedbergh,
under D"' Saunders. Admitted pensioner under M'' Cartwright 15 Mar. 172".
Age 19.
Second son of Francis Blackboum, alderman : and brother of Archdeacon
Fra. Blackboum of Cleveland. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Kept " in the
Master's over the Parler." Died of small pox : buried at Great St Andrew's
29 Nov. 1728.
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*Makin, Thomas : son of Henry : born at Rattlesden, Suffolk. School : Laven-
ham, under M' Brownsniith. Admitted sizar under M'' Atherton 21 Mar.
172f Age 16.
B.A. 173^; M.A. 1734: incorporated Oxford 1741. Admitted scholar
4 May 1727. Elected Fellow (succeeding John Jebb) 13 Apr. 1734. Prae-
lector, Junior Dean and Catechist, Bunting and Walkhampton Preacher
1736. Senior Dean 1741. Mildmay Preacher 1743. Appointed Hebrew
Lecturer 9 Dec. 1740. Presented to Caldecot, succeeding Will. Trant 8 Apr.
1741 : but seems to have continued in residence, as he (together with Hugh
Thomas) had more than half of the men as pupils in the thin years 1740-3.
Died, apparently suddenly, before the end of 1743.
*Robinson, Thomas : son of Philip : born at Middleton, Essex. School : Bury,
under M'' Kinsman. Admitted at Emmanuel under M' Arnald 1726, at
Christ's sizar under M'' Atherton 21 Mar. 1724. Age 21.
B.A. 17|§ ; M.A. 1733. Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Elected Fellow
(succeeding Edw. Chamberlayne) 27 May 1731 : John Every (see page 213)
appealed unsuccessfully against the election, apparently on the ground that
Robinson was not a scholar, but a Plume Exhibitioner: D'' Mawson, V.C,
supported by D'^ Ashton upheld the election : D'' Colbatch dissented : he was
admitted 5 June. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist, Walkhampton
Preacher, and Steward 1734. Knapwell Preacher 1736. Signs for the last
time 18 Dec. 1738. Dead before 29 Mar. 1740. Had one pupil.
Chadwick, Charles : son of Charles : born at Mavison Ridware, Salop. School :
Mavison [Mavesyn], under M"' Stevenson. Admitted pensioner under M"' Cart-
wright 7 Apr. 1727. Age 21.
Resided till Mich, i'729. His father was Sheriff of Staffs. 1719 : his
mother was Dorothj', daughter of Sir Tho. Dolman of Shaw House, Berks.
Assumed the surname and arms of Sacheverell. Cha. Chadwick of Ridware,
New Hall, Warwick (where he lived from 1729) and Callow, Derbs. Married
Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Will. Brearley of Handworth. Died without
issue 31 July 1775. (Burke, L.G.)
Wensley, Robert : son of Peter : born at Walsoken, Norfolk. School : Wisbech,
under M'' Carter. Admitted pensioner under M"' Cartwright 13 Apr. 1727.
Age about 18.
Admitted scholar 4 May 1727. Resided (but without taking a degree)
till Mids''. 1732. Admitted at Gray's Inn 11 Feb. 1733. Possibly his father
was the Peter Wensley, gent., of Walsoken, who died in 1711, aged 28.
Cockshutt, Thomas : son of Thomas, clerk : born at Cannonhall, Yorks.
School : Penistone, under M'' Ramsden. Admitted sizar under M' Atherton
14 Apr. 1727. Age 18.
B.A. 173f ; M.A. 1743. Sou of Thomas (1696), who was brother of
Josiah (1706) rector of Kegworth. Admitted scholar 5 June 1730. Ordained
deacon, York, 173° March; priest 1732 June. Chaplain to the Earl of Bute.
Vicar of Penistone, 8 Jan. 1739-61 on the presentation of Godfrey Bosvile :
had license from Lambeth 2 Mar. 174| to hold also the rectory of Ordsall,
Notts, (patron, Edw. Wortley), distant 25 miles. On 27 Nov. 1760 he had
dispensation to hold with Ordsall the rectory of Beelsby, distant 26 miles.
Probably Prebendary of Southwell 31 Jan. 1753-1774. Rector of Barn-
borough, Yorks. (presented by the Chapter of Southwell) 18 Nov. 1767, as
well as Ordsall, distant 25 miles (Hunter, S. Yorks. 1. 379; 2. 340). Died
before June 1774. He was first cousin of Thomas (1749) and Josias (1758).
1727—1728 215
Ash, John : sou of William : born at Clapiiam, Yorks. School : Clapham. Ad-
mitted fellow-commoner under M'' Wilkinson 3 June 1727. Age 31.
Resided till Mids'. 1731. Ordained priest, Lincoln, 1728 June: curate of
Stickney, Lines.
♦Thompson, Thomas : son of William : born at Gilling, Richmondshire. School :
Richmond, under M'' Close. Admitted pensioner under M'' Cartwright
29 Feb. 1721 Age 19.
B.A. 1731; M.A. 1735. Admitted scholar 29 June 1728. Ordained
deacon, Norwich, 1735 July: priest, Rochester, 1757. Elected Fellow (Rich-
mond), succeeding Fra. Wanley 5 June 1738. Praelector, Junior Dean and
Catechist, Bunting and Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward 1741. Knap-
well Preacher 1742. Senior Dean 1744. Took no pupils. On 5 May 1744
he was appointed curate of Fen Drayton succeeding Jon. Wigley. But
early in l745 he volunteered for work in America. On 2 April 1745 he
received the £20 bounty as an "emigrant minister" in connexion with the
S.P.G. to take charge of the churches in New Jersey : possibly he revisited
England and returned to America, as one Tho. Thompson has bounty 20 July
1748 (Fothergill, 58, 59). His Fellowship was declared vacant 21 Apr. 1746.
He applied from America to the S.P.G. to be appointed by them the (ap-
pai-ently first) missionary to Africa. " Somebody must be the first one," he
said, and " God only knows how long it may be before any other person will
take the same resolution." He was appointed 15 Feb. 1751, and sailing from
New York reached James Fort on the river Gambia 9 Jan. 1752, thence to
Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast, where he worked for five years among
Europeans and natives. His Account of two missionary voyages was published
in 1758. He sent home three native boys to be trained by the S.P.G. : two
were baptised 7 Jan. 1759 at St Mary's Islington : one of these, Philip
Quague, son of a native chief, returned 1766 and worked for 50 years among
the natives and as chaplain to the English residents. In 1756 his health
gave way and he returned to England : apparently he was poor, for he received
"by consent of the Fellows" £10. 10.b\ Qd. On 26 Aug. 1757 he became
: vicar of Reculver, Kent. A year later the Dean and Chapter of Rochester
presented him to the vicarage of Darenth : which he resigned 5 July 1759
on his appointment by the same patrons to the vicarage of Hoo St Werburgh,
19 July. In November 1761 he became vicar of Elsham, or Elham, and held
it till his death 5 June 1773. He was also near the close of his life the
author of The A/rican Trade for Negro Shwes shewn to be C07isistent with the
Principles of Humanity and with the Laws of Revealed Religion, 1772: in
which " without considering the subject very deeply, he draws his arguments
fi'om Aristotle and his illustrations from the Pentateucii." (D.N.B.)
*Wanley, Francis : son of William : born at Marske, Richmondshire. School :
Kirkleatham, under M'' Clark. Admitted pensioner under M"' Cartwright
9 Mar. 172|. Age 19.
B.A. 173^ ; M.A. 1735; D.D. 1748. Baptised at Marske 25 Apr. 1709,
son of Will. Wanley and Anne Fowle {Arch. /Eliana, 5. 17). Admitted
scholar 5 June 1730. Elected Fellow (Richmond) in place of Tho. Alderson,
24 July 1734. He held no College office, except that of Custos cistae (the
tenure of which I have frequently omitted) ; and he took no pupils : apparently
he ceased to reside after Jan. 1731i-: on 3 May 1738 he resigned his Fellow-
ship. He married a daughter of Sir Hen. Goodrick of Ribstone — but I have
not found the date. In 1744 became vicar of Aldborough, Yorks., which he
resigned on his appointment to the rectory of Stokesley in Cleveland 1750-91.
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Preferment came thick upon him. He was Chaplain to Archbishop Hutton ;
and on 21 June 1745 he became prebendary of Hereford ; on 1 Dec. 1749 pre-
bendary of York (and Chancellor for one year when he made way for Hugh
Thomas): on 13 Aug. 1750, dean of the Collegiate Church of Ripon— all
which appointments he held till his death. Despite of these he fell into
money difficulties, and retired for a time to the Continent. On his return he
found the deanery occupied by a residentiary Canon, who declined to make
way for him. Accordingly he took a house in Kirkgate, Ripon, and lived
there assisted with money by friends : and there he died 9 July 1791, his life
having not been shortened by his troubles. (See Canon Raine, " Marske " in
Yorks. Arch. Journal, 6. 200, also Arch. Juliana, 5. 17.)
Bridgman, William. : eldest son of Orlando, armiger : born at Combes, Suffolk.
Kept two years at Trinity. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Rooke
29 Mar. 1728. Age not given.
Admitted at the Middle Temple S Sept. 1721. Resided till Lady Day
1732. Descended from John Bridgman, Bishop of Chester 1618-52: whose
son Sir Orlando was active under Charles I and held the Great Seal under
Charles II : his son Sir John was father of Orlando, the father of William
by Catherine, daughter of Will. Bridgman of Combes. Will. Bridgman died
at Paris unmarried 17 Aug. 1737. (Foster, Lanes. Fed. : Collins and Kimber
both say that there was no son of the marriage.)
Bache, Henry : son of — Bache, clerk. Migrated from Trinity, and admitted
pensioner under M'' Cartwright 29 Mar. 1728. Age not given.
Resided till Lady Day 1730. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 3 Feb. 1722,
son of Will. Bache, rector of Driffield, Yorks.
Rowland, Robert : son of Robert : born at Bretshall, Derbs. School : Stamford,
under M'' Hands. Admitted pensioner under M'' Law 3 Apr. 1728. Age 21.
Admitted scholar 29 June 1728. Resided till June 1732 : when he seems
to have migrated to Magdalene, wiiere he was B.A. 173f.
Birkit (Burket), Richard : son of James : born at Giggleswick. School :
Giggleswick, under M'' Carr. Admitted sizar under M'' Wilkinson 8 Apr.
1728. Age 18.
B.A. 173i. Admitted scholar 5 June 1730. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
173'r! Feb.; licensed to Gayton in the Marsh, Lines.: priest 1734 Sept.;
curate of All Saints, Saltfleetby, Lines, where his signatures appear in the
parish register from 1734-1771. Rector of Withcall, Lines. 22 Aug. 1745:
but the only trace of him in the register of that place is in 1765—6, when he
baptised two infants and was present at one marriage and one funeral. He
was presented by the Crown : and his successor Stephen Fytche was instituted
15 July 1780. He was also curate of Burwell, Lines. 1751-3. (Information
from Rev. F. Freshney rector of Withcall. )
Johnson, Francis : son of Francis : born at Newcastle. School : Newcastle.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Cartwright 2 May 1728. Age 17.
M.B. 1733. Admitted scholar 29 June 1728. Probably the Fra. Johnson,
called M.D., who married Jean Huet of Whickham, Durham : and died at
Newcastle 1760. (Gent. May. p. 46.)
Cook, Edward : son of Edward : born at Newcastle. School ; Newcastle.
Admitted pensioner under M' Cartwright 2 May 1728. Age 18.
Resided till Mich. 1728, when he migrated to Trinity; B.A. there 173^r.
Admitted at the Inner Temple 22 Mar. 172|. Probably son of Edw. Cook
1728 217
(1677), barrister and Recorder of Berwick. Barrister and antiquary: made
numerous extracts from the Chapel of the Rolls, respecting Northumberland.
Died an elderly man, without issue (Hodgson, ii. ii. 209).
Hope [William]: "iussu regio in Medicina doctor." Admitted fellow-commoner
under M"' Cartwright 2 May 1728. Age not given.
Educated at 8t John's, and M.B. there 1724: M.D. (Christ's) (com. reg.)
1728 : born 23 Oct. 1701, son of John Hope 1665-1710 (M.D. of St John's)
and of Dorothy, daughter of Will. Bainbridge of Lockington. It does not
appear why he forsook Iiis old College on this occasion : he sent his son Charles
there (1750). Practised at Derby. Married Jane, daughter of Edw. Perry
of Bilston, Staff's, by whom he had seven sons and two daughters. Died
1 Feb. 1776, aged 75: buried at St Alkmund's, Derby. (Glover, Derbs. 2.
483 and 564 : Scott, Joh. Adm". Book, 322.)
Cole, Joachim : son of Bryan : born at Onibury, Salop. School : Norwich. Ad-
mitted sizar mider M'' Cartwright 6 May 1728. Age 17.
B.A. 173i; M.A. 1735. Admitted scholar 29 June 1728. Ordained
deacon, Hereford, 1732 June.
Dodgson, John : [no facts]. Admitted " cum jussu Regio magisterium in artibus
obtinuisset," fellow-commoner under M'' Trant 16 May 1728. Age not given.
M.A. {com. reg.) 1728.
Yeom.an, Peter : son of Peter : born at Horse House [near Coverham, Yorks.,
N.R.] in the county of Richmond. School: Sedbergh, under D'' Saunders.
Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 25 May 1728. Age 21.
B.A. 173i. Admitted scholar 28 May 1729. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1731 Dec; licensed to AH Saints, Hertford.
Smalley, James : son of Robert : born at Kirkhani, Lanes. School : Kirkham,
under M'' Taylor. Admitted sizar under M"' Cartwright 31 May 1728.
Age 17.
B.A. 173i. Admitted scholar 19 June 1731. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1733 May; licensed to Clifton, Beds.
*Hankinson, Robert : son of Henry : born at Kirkham, Lanes. School : Kirk-
ham, under M' Taylor. Admitted sizar under M"' Cartwright 27 June 1728.
Age 16.
B.A. 1731; M.A. 1735. Admitted scholar 28 May 1729. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1732 Dec. ; licensed to Everton with Felworth, Beds. : but
resided continuously save for the one quarter ending Mich. 1732 : priest 1736
July. Appointed Rhetorick Lecturer 7 Nov. 1735 — after which time he
is apparently not charged for Study-rent till Mich. 1736. Elected Fellow, in
place of Edm. Law 18 June 1740. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist,
Bunting and Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward 1743. Knapwell Preacher
1744. Senior Dean 1746. Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay Preacher 1748
and 1749. Hebrew Lecturer for two years 11 Feb. 174|. From 1744-49
he had a few pupils, the last being John Hutton of Marske (1747). On
21 Apr. 1746 he was appointed to the cure of Fen Drayton. On 28 July
1749 he had a lease of the tithes of Hapton, where he may have resided
as henceforward he signs irregularly. On 12 July 1751, on the death of
John Boldero, he succeeded to the rectory of Clipston : and his Fellowship
was declared vacant, as he had been instituted "more than a year," 14 Nov.
1752 — certainly he had no ground for complaint. I infer that while a Fellow
he had not congenial company in the Society (which was prevailingly Whig)
while he was probably a Tory, if he be the " Robin " whose sufferings are
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described in the Capitade (1750) under the rule over the College by " Gobrias "
(D' Rooke).
In whose dark Realms nor Wit nor Learning spread
Nor Merit sprouts, nor Honour rears her Head :
Where midst a general Pravity of Spirit
Poor Robin only suifers — for his Merit.
(See Wordsworth, University Life in the \?>th Century, 627.) Hankinson
may have been happier at Clipston where he lived 20 years — dying before
Nov. 1771.
Haworth, Thomas : son of Richard : born at Kirkham, Lanes. School : Kirk-
ham, under M"" Taylor. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 27 June 1728.
Age 18.
B.A. 173i. Admitted scholar 28 May 1729. Presented by the College
in 173.5 to the rectory of Ringstead St Andrew's, near Hun.stanton, where he
remained till 1761 : this was the last presentation made by the Society, as in
1762 the advowson of Ringstead was exchanged for that of Brisley, because of
the contiguity of the latter to Gateley which could be conveniently held with
it. The golf and other attractions of Hunstanton (150 years later) could not
be foreseen.
Sherratt, John : son of Simeon : born at Park-lane, Staffs. School : Cheddleton,
under M' Slade [(1721), perhaps privately]. Admitted sizar under M'' Cart-
wright 3 July 1728. Age 18.
B.A. 1731. Admitted scholar (Sherratt) 28 May 1729. Ordained deacon,
Chester, 1732 Dec. : priest (as B.A. of Christ's) 1733 Sept. Vicar of Biddulph,
Staffs. 24 Sept. 1733: which John Slade his tutor had held for him — -as a
convenience — from October 1732. [Foster Al. Ox. confuses him with John
Skerratt of Brasenose, afterwards in 1727 M. A. at Christ's.] He began entries
in the register in 1734. Buried at Endon 16 Feb. 17^^. (Information from
Rev. D. Brodie, vicar.)
Craske, Joseph :
B.A. 173^. Pupil of M'' Atherton. Matric''. pensioner 1728 April. Began
to reside Easter 1727. Admitted scholar (Norfolk) 29 June 1728. One Jos.
Craske M.A. (1694) of Jesus was instituted rector of Barton St Mary
(? Barton Bendish), Norf. 1698 : possibly father of this Joseph.
Lawson, Peter:
B.A. 173|; M.A. 1738. Pupil of M^ Cartwright. Began to reside
Mich. 1728. Matric'^. sizar 1729 July. Admitted scholar (Lanes.) 14 June
1732. Possibly rector of Ingoldsthorpe, Norfolk, on the presentation of Rob.
Lawson, Esq. 13 July 1742-45. (Blomefield, 5. 1286.)
Milman, Francis:
M.A. 1735. Son of Francis, clerk, of Paignton, Devon. Matric''. at
Exeter, O.xford, 3 April 1718, aged 14. B.A. (Oxf.) 1722. Incorporated
here and M.A. (Christ's) 1735. Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford. Rector
of East Ogwell, near Newton Abbot, Devon ; had dispensation to hold also the
vicarage of Abbots Kerswell, distant four miles, on 30 May 1740. Died 1773.
{AL Ox. 960.) Grandfather of H. H. Milman, Dean of St Paul's.
Partridge, John:
M.A. 1735. Probably son of James of Wormington, Glos., clerk. Matric''.
at Magd. Hall, Oxford 22 Oct. 1718, aged 18 : B.A. there 1722. Incorporated
and M.A. (Christ's) 1735. {Al Ox. 1076.) Ordained deacon, Glos., 1723
June: priest 1725 Sept. Chaplain to the Dowager Duchess of Cleveland.
1728—1729 219
Rector of Condicote St Nicholas, near Stow on the Wold, Glos. Had dis-
pensation to hold also the rectory of Little Wormington, distant six miles, on
30 Dec. 1734 : instituted the same day by the Ai-chbishop, the bishopric of
Gloucester being vacant.
Turner, George:
M.A. 173.5. Probably George son of George, of Buekland Brewer, Devon,
who was matric''. at Exeter College, Oxford S Apr. 1712, aged 18. B.A.
171.5. Ordained deacon, Exeter, 1715 Dec. : priest 1719 June {Lambeth
Register) : M.A. (Christ's) 1 735. George Turner, M.A. of Christ's, was chaplain
to Lord Forrester. Vicar of Milour (Mylor near Falmouth), Cornwall, his
predecessor being buried 6 May 1740: a curate had charge till 1742. Had
dispensation from Lambeth 19 Aug. 1741 to hold also the vicarage of St Eval,
distant 21 miles. Buried at Mylor 3 Nov. 1761. (Information from Rev.
R. G. Parkei", rector.)
*Wilding, Richard : son of Richard : born at Aspeden, Herts. School : Bun-
tingford, under M'' Sherson. Admitted pensioner under M'' Cartwright 7 Jan.
172|. Age 15.
B.A. 173| ; M.A. 1736. Admitted scholar (Herts.) 20 Oct. 1729. Elected
Fellow, in place of Will. Mabell, 11 Oct. 1735. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1736 June: priest 1738 May. On 13 June 1737 he formally resigned his
Buntingford scholarship, which he held (I suppose) in addition to a Foundation
scholarship. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist, Bunting and AValk-
hampton Preacher, and Steward 1737. Knapwell Preacher 1739. Senior
Dean 1742. Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay Preacher 1744 and 1745.
Senior Dean 1748. Had a lease of the tithes of Hapton for ten years,
6 April 1745 : and henceforward signs rarely : but his election to the post of
Senior Dean in 1748 seems incompatible with permanent non-residence. Pre-
sented to Little Canfield, on the death of Tho. Atherton 29 June 174f : and
vacated his Fellowship 12 Xov. 1750. He was already vicar of Amwell,
Herts., distant 1 7 miles : as he received dispensation to hold both when lie
accepted Canfield. He was chaplain to Lord Willoughby de Broke. Wrote
the registers at Canfield 1749-1774, when he died 13 March, and was buried
there.
Whitmell, William: [no facts given]. Admitted July 1729.
Readmitted July 1730: see there.
Skegg, Ralph : son of John : [birthplace not given]. School : Buntingford, under
M' Sherson. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright — Sept. 1729. Age not
given.
B.A. 173f ; M.A. 1744. Admitted scholar (Hertford) 5 June 1730. Or-
dained deacon, Lincoln, 1734 June; licensed to Olney, Beds.: priest, 1738
May. Chaplain to the Earl of Marehmont. Presented by Jos. Cranmer to
the rectory of Chickney, Essex 18 Apr. 1744 : also by the same patron, with
dispensation from Lambeth to the rectory of Quendon, distant five miles, 23 July
1744. Married the only daughter of Lord Herbert (J.E.B.M.). Died 1764.
*Wigley, Jonathan : son of Benjamin : born at Wirksworth, Derbs. School :
Nottingham, under M"' Swale. Admitted pensioner under M'' Jebb — Sept.
1729. Age 17.
B.A. 173|; M.A. 1737. His mother was Ann, daughter of Jonathan Lee, of
Chesterfield, attorney. Admitted scholar 5 June 1 730. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1734 June ; licensed to Stapleford, Leics. : priest 1731 March. Elected Fellow
in place of Tho. Sitwell 16 Feb. 173f. Presented to St Martin's, Leicester,
which he resigned before May 1740 : and till Oct. 1739 he signs rarely : yet
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he was Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist, Bunting and Walkhampton
Preacher, and Steward, Oct. 1738. Knapwell Preacher 1740. Senior Dean
1743. Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay Preacher 1746 and 1747. Senior
Dean 1749, 1756, [?J 1758. He took pupils from 1739-54 : having much the
largest number from 1746 to 1752. After 1753 he took no new pupils. He
was University Scrutator 1752—3. Hebrew Lecturer in the College 1752-4.
On 29 April 1742 he was appointed to the cure of Fen Drayton, on 10 Jan.
174| to Caldecot on the death of M'' Makin. On 15 Jan. 1761, when M"' Cock-
shutt was dead at Kegworth, it was agreed to piesent in the usual way M''
Wigley and M"' Willey to the Earl of Berkeley that he might select one in the
usual way. But it appears from a memorandum in the Order Book, that this
presentation was not made, as "an instrument found in the Treasury " declared
that the College might present absolutely in case the heir of Sir Maurice
Berkeley was then absent from England or was a minor. Accordingly on
27 Jan 1761 M'' Wigley was presented by the College to Kegworth. But
during his year of Grace (between 7 July and 1 Sept.) he died before his
Fellowship was yet vacant (Hunter, F.M.G. 379). He collected mss. of the
New Testament : see Life of John Jackson of Leicester, 265, 273.
Bentley, Thomas : son of Daniel : born at Great Harwood, Lanes. School :
Kirkleatham, under M' Clarke. Admitted pensioner under M'' Cartwright
18 Oct. 1729. Age 23.
% B.A. (Queens') 173f. He resided till Mids''. 1732, during the last two-and-
a-half years " by the Parler " : he may have then migrated to Queens' College.
Dawson, Josias : son of Josias : born at Houghton Gill, near Settle [Halton Gill,
above Arncliffe]. School : Giggleswick, under M'' Carr. Admitted pensioner
under M"' Cartwriglit 10 Nov. 1729. Age not given.
Resided till December 1731 "by the Parler" till Mich. 1730. Josias, the
father, apparently not a graduate of either University, was perhaps vicar of
Giggleswick 1719-30 (Morant-Whi taker, 166).
Nash, William : "iussu Regie in ArtibusMagister." Admitted fellow-commoner
under M'' Trant 13 Nov. 1729. Age not given.
B.A. (Pet.) 1725; M.A. (com. reg.) 1728. I find no trace of any residence:
M'' Trant had no pupils till 1732 (when he took over M'' Cartwright's) except
M'' Nash and !M'' Dodgson — a similar case. Rector of Great Bradley, Suffolk
1728-83, presented by Stamps Brooksbank, Esq. Rector of Gedding, Suffolk
1738-83.
Phipp, Robert : [father not given] : born at Buntingford. School : Buntingford,
under M' Sherson. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 29 Nov. 1729. Age
not given.
B.A. 173-1 ; M.A. 1737. Admitted scholar (Herts.) 5 June 1730. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1737 June; licensed to Colmworth, Beds.: priest 1739 Sept.
Chaplain to the Marchioness Gray. He was rector of Croxton, Canibs. from
1743 (at least), also vicar of Renhold, Beds, (patron. Will. Becher, Esq.) : this
he ceded (Lincoln Reg''.) and had dispensation from Lambeth 7 May 1744 to
hold it again together with Croxton, distant eight miles. Died 26 Oct. 1782
{Gamh. Chronicle).
Baynes, Robert :
Pupil of M"' Cartwright. Matric''. pensioner 1729. Resided from Easter
1729 to Mids''. 1732, becoming "M"' Baynes" i.e. a fellow-commoner in the
quarter ending Lady Day 1731. Not the Rob. Baynes who was B.A. (Sidney)
173| ; M. A. 1737 : he was admitted there 25 May 1730.
1729—1730 221
Moore, James :
B.A. 173*. Pupil of M' Caitwiight. Camts into residence Easter 172'.).
Matric''. pensioner 1729 July. Admitted scholar (Westmoreland) 28 May
1729. One of these names rector of Tatham, Lanes. 20 July 1731 Died
1750.
Knowles, Matthew :
B.A. I73f ; M.A. 1741. Pupil of M' Cartwright. Came into residence
Easter 1729. Matric''. sizar 1729 July. Admitted scholar (Yorks.) 28 May
1729. He is the Will. Mat. Knowles, JM.A. (no other at either University)
who was rector of the second mediety (the tirst held by Joh. Alcock) of Buin-
sall St Wilfred, Yorks., W.R., 1754-76, when he died (Morant-Whitaker, 508) :
at the Record Office he is given as Matt. Knowles onlj'.
Ismay, Joseph :
B.A. 1735. Pupil of M' Cartwright. Came into residence Easter 1729.
Matric''. sizar 1729 July. Admitted scholar (Cumberland) 28 May 1729. Born
1708. A Cumberland-man and a well-known antiquary. Vicar of Mirfield,
Yorks. 24 Jan. 1739 on presentation of Sir Sam. Armitage : held it till his
death in 1778.
Smyth, John :
B.A. (Smith) 173|- ; M.A. 1736. Pupil of M'' Cartwright. Came into
residence Easter 1729. Admitted scholar (Lines.) 28 May 1729. Matric''.
sizar 1729 July. Ordained priest, Lincoln, 173j March: licensed to Wor-
laby. Lines. One of these names vicar of Loddington, Leics. and died there
23 Dec. 1755, aged 44 (Nichols, Leics. 2. 257). One was instituted to the
rectory of South Ormsby, Lines. 28 Feb. 1752.
Tatham, William :
Pupil of M' Cartwright. Came into residence Easter 1729 : remained till
Lady Day 1732. Matric''. pen.sioner 1729 Dec. Admitted scholar (West-
moreland) 28 May 1729.
Twisleton, William. :
B.A. 173f. Pupil of My Cartmell. Came into residence Mids"'. 1729.
Matric''. sizar 1729 July. Admitted scholar (Yorks.) 19 June 1731.
Turner, John : son of John: born at Lynn. School: Greenwich ("Grenovici "),
taught by M'' Weston "literas et fi.ddr]a-iv." Admitted pensioner (then fellow-
commoner) under M'' Cartwright 9 Jan. 174^. Age not given.
Kept " in the Master's over the Parler " till Mich. 1733. Admitted at the
Middle Temple 20 Feb. 172|. Son of John Turner, " one of the Kings Com-
missioners, now of the Stamp Office" — M.P. for Lynn, three times Mayor of
Lynn, Collector of the Port : succeeded his brother Sir Charles, as Baronet,
in 1738, and died 1739 {Gent. May. p. 47). Subscribed to Sanderson's
Algebra, 1740. Sir John Turner of Warham, near Wells, Norfolk. M.P. for
Lynn. Married Frances, daughter of John Neale, of Allesley, near Coventry.
Died 1780 leaving two daughters, coheirs (Burke, Ext. Bar. 534).
Paley, William : son of Thomas : born at Langcliff, Yorks. School : Giggleswick,
under M'' Carr. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 31 Jan. 17§^. Age 19.
B.A. 173|. Elected scholar 14 June 1732: admitted scholar 8 June 1733.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 173| March; licensed to Middleton Kepies, Bucks.:
priest 1734 March; vicar of Helpston 1735-99: also minor canon of Peter-
borough, where his son Will. (1758) the future Archdeacon, was born. Master
of Giggleswick School 1745-99. Curate of Giggleswick for 20 years (before
222 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
1769). Incumbent of Horton in Ribblesdale 1769-88 (Morant-Whitaker, 169).
" Altogether a school-master — irritable and a disciplinarian " (Ed. Paley,
Life of Archd"-. Paley, xxv.). Cheerful and jocose, a great wit, rather coarse in
his language (E.P.). Died 29 Sept. 1799, aged 88. His wife Elizabeth died
1796, aged 83.
Stoddart, Robert : son of Charles : born at Bambrough, Northumb''. School :
Morpeth. Admitted sizar under M"' Cartwright 12 May 1730. Age not
given.
Admitted scholar 19 June 1731. Son of Charles (1690) vicar of Egling-
ham from 1712: brother of Charles (1726). Buried at Great St Andrew's
5 Feb. 1731, aged 20.
Perkins, Jeremiah : son of John : born at Penniston [Penistone], Yorks. School:
Penistone. Admitted sizar under M' Cartwright 19 May 1730. Age 18.
B.A. 173|. Admitted scholar (Yorks.) 14 June 1732. John Perkins, the
father, was I think, master of Penistone school from 1728. Vicar of Broxted,
Essex 2 July 1739 which he held for nearly -56 years. Also vicar of Lindsell,
distant about five miles. Died 1 May 179.5, aged S3 {East Anglian, 1. 179:
Morant, 2. 146, 449).
Every, Simon : son of Simon, baronet : born at Navenby. School : Peterborough,
under M'' Bradfield. Admitted pensioner under M'' Law 28 May 1730. Age 18.
M.B. 1740. Admitted scholar 19 June 1731. Third son of Sir Simon
(1680), Fellow, and rector of Navenby : brother of Sir Henry (1726) and
Sir John (1726). Resided without any break (1) under M"' Law, (2) under
M' Wigley till June 1740. Despite his medical study he was ordained deacon,
Lincoln, 1741 May: priest Sept. and licensed to Navenby, which his father
held till 1753, but resided, I think, at Egginton : after 1730 Navenby was
served entirely by curates. Simon, the son, perhaps remained at Navenby till
\1b\ but was presented by his father to the rectory of Egginton in 1747 : he
was buried there 1758.
Towers, Samuel : son of Thomas : born in London. School : the Haberdashers'.
Admitted sizar under the Master, D"' Towers, 1 June 1730. Age 16.
B.A. 173f ; M.A. 1739. Admitted scholar 19 June 1731. One Samuel
Towers died 1757 {Gent. Mag. p. 241). (Blomefield, Coll. Cant. 32.)
Goodricke, Thomas : sou of Sir Henry, baronet : born at Ribston, Yorks. School :
York, under M' Blake. Admitted pensioner under M'' Rooke 13 June 1730.
Age 17.
Resided under M"^ Rooke till Lady Day 1733; and one quarter more as
"M' Goodricke" under M'' Alderson. Born 171i, third son of Sir Henry by his
wife Mary, daughter of Tobias Jenkins of Grimston, Yorks. Lieut. -Colonel of
the 25th regiment of foot. Married Eliza, daughter of James Button, Esq. of
Rochester, by whom he had sons, one John, a Captain in the Guards killed
1781, and Henry who became the eighth baronet and died 1839. Col. Thomas
Goodricke died 1803 {Genealogist, N.S. 10. 100).
Wingfield, Anthony : son of John, armiger : born at Tickencourt [Tickencote],
Ruts. School : Stamford, under M"' Hans (? private). Admitted pensioner
under M'' Law 19 June 1730. Age 19.
Son of John Wing6eld and of Eliz., daughter of Sir John Oldfield, of
Spalding. Buried at Great St Andrew's 13 May 1732.
Davis, Edwin : son of Jeremiah : born at Stroud, Glos. School : Stroud. Ad-
mitted pensioner under M"' Cartwright 30 June 1730. Age 18.
B,A. 173|. Admitted scholar 19 June 1731.
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*Whitmell, William : son of Edward : born at East Haddon, Northants. Scliool :
Guils[d]borough, Northants., under M' Horton. Admitted, first, — July 1729,
secondly, sizar under M'' Cartvvright — - July 1730. Age 16.
B.A. 173i ; M.A. 1738. Finch and Baines Scholar on the nomination of
the Earl of Nottingham 20 Oct. 1729. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1738 Sept.;
licensed to Beachampton, Bucks. : priest I73| March. Elected Fellow, in
place of Tho. Robinson 2 Apr. 1740. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist,
Bunting and Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward 1742. Taxor 1742-3.
After Jan. 174| he ceases to sign : and resigned his Fellowship (through
M'' Hankinson) on 12 Dec. 1745. Presented 7 Feb. 174| by the Earl of
Winchelsea to the church of SS. Gregory and Martin, Wye : granted thereto
from Lambeth {Arch. Cant.).
Naish, James: son of James : of Middlesex. School : Eton, under (1) M'' Bland,
(2) D' George. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Rooke 19 Oct. 1730.
Age 18.
Resided till Mich. 1733 : one quarter more without charge. Admitted at
the Inner Temple 16 Mar. 172|^ as son and heir apparent of James Naish of
Cavendish Square, St Mary-le-bone. One James Naish, Clerk of Treasury in
Common Pleas; died 1765 (Gent. May. p. 248).
Dixon, John :
LL.B. 1737. Pupil of M' Jebb : then of M' Law. Came into residence
Mich. 1729. Matric''. pensioner 1730: fellow-commoner after Easter 1735.
Resided till Xmas 1737.
One of these names an " emigrant minister to Virginia": received £20
bounty 7 Sept. 1748 (Fothergill, 24).
Taylor, Daniel :
M.B. 1735. Came into residence Jan. 172|. Pupil of M' Cartwright.
Matric''. sizar 1730 Dec. Resided till Mids''. 1735.
Dalton, Charles : younger son of Darcy : born at Aston, Yorks. School : AVest-
minster, under D'' Friend. Admitted pensioner under M'" Cartwright 6 Mar.
17.3f Age 16.
B.A.173i; M.A.1739. Admitted scholar 8 June 1733. Son of Darcy Dalton
(1688) rector of Aston : by Jane Hall of York : half brother of Darcy (1720).
Rector of Hawk.swell 17 Nov. 1737-88 (given as a layman by Hunter {F.M.G.
914)). Succeeded to Hawkswell 1747 on the death of his uncle Sir Charles,
Usher of the Black Rod, third son of Sir William (1647), who had inherited
it from Eliz. third daughter of Sir Marmaduke (1672). Squire and parson
and resided at the Hall. Died unmarried 22 Dec. 1788, aged 75 : buried at
Hawkswell: M.I.
Herbert, Thomas : [father not given] : born in Pembrokeshire. School : Eton.
Admitted fellow-commoner under &[■■ Rooke 28 April 1731. Age not given.
Resided till Mich. 1731. Admitted at the Inner Temple 2 Feb. 172| as
Tho. Herbert of Whitefriars, Cardiff. One Tho. Herbert, paymaster at
Gibraltar, brother to the Earl of Pembroke, died 1739. {Gent. Mag. p. 661.)
Peverell, John: son of John : born at Huntingdon. School : Huntingdon, under
M' Mathews. Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 20 May 1731. Age 16.
B.A. 1734; M.A. 1738. Admitted scholar 19 June 1731. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1736 Sept. ; licensed to Woolley, Hunts. : priest 1738 Sept.
On the vacancy of M'' Philpot's Fellowship on the 27tli of Jan. 173|^, no
candidate appeared, and the meeting was adjourned. On the 28th John
Peverell, one of the " nominati " appeared and was examined. " Whereupon
the Master and Fellows preceded to an election." They elected however not
John Peverell but Fre. Cornwallis, the future Archbishop. P.O. of Ramsey,
Hunts. 1737-42.
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Jenkinson, John : son of William : born at High House, Lanes. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale, under M' Noble. Admitted pensioner under M'' Law 24 May 1731.
Age 21.
B.A. 173|; M.A. 1738. Elected scholar June 1733: admitted 17 Apr.
1734. Resided till Lady Day 1739. Ordained deacon, Lincoln (special ordi-
nation at Buckden), 1734 March. Licensed to Hamerton, Hunts. : priest 1735
Oct. Curate of Ingoldsby 1759; the rector, Tho. Harwell, being apparently
non-resident : he was there till 1772 at least, the register of the parish
1772-96 is lost : and he was buried there, "formerly curate," 18 Dec. 1798,
aged 89. (Information from Rev. J. Twentyman, vicar.)
Crosland, Thomas : [no facts given]. Admitted pensioner under M' Cartwright
7 June 1731. Age not given.
Resided as pupil of M'' Cartwright, then of M'' Trant till Mich. 1732 : his
' name is down for the next quarter, but struck out. Baptised 6 Mar. 17 li :
son of Godfrey Crosland of Kirkburton, by his wife Mary Wilson, great
granddaughter of John Ibbotson (1584). Lived at Preston in Hull. Died
about 1777, leaving three daughters. (Hunter, F.M.G. 653.)
Hardy, Richard : son of John : born at Nottingham. School : Nottingham,
under M' Brickhill. Admitted pensioner under M' Law 12 June 1731.
Age 21.
LL.B. 1737. Admitted scholar 19 June 1731. Probably son of John
(1G95) vicar of Kinoulton near Nottingham 1729-35, then of Melton Mow-
bray. Richard Hardy succeeded at Kinoulton in 1735 and resided there
till 1745, after which the register is signed by curates : instituted as LL.B. to
Langar (a few miles away) 11 July 1753 (patron. Viscount Howe), and held it
till his death 6 Aug. 1775, aged 64; buried in the chancel (M.I.) : his wife
Anne died 1782. (Godfrey, Bingham Hundred, 271, 291,- 313.)
Goodwin, William : son of Robert, clerk : born at Liston, Essex. School :
Bury St Edmunds, under M'' Kinsman. Admitted sizar under M' Neville
12 June 1731. Age not given.
Kept some terms at Jesus College. Admitted scholar 19 June 1731.
B.A. (Christ's) 173f : resided till Lady Day 1734. One Will. Goodwin,
B.A., licensed to be curate of West Wickham, Kent, 3 July 1738 — apparently
as deacon. Ordained priest, York, 173| March. Rector of Stanstead, near
Glemsford, Suffolk 1744-8. Died at Stanstead 7 Nov. 1748 : buried 20 Nov.
at Liston. (Information from the Rev. G. Aitkens, rector.)
Tripe, Anthony : son of Anthony : born at Exeter. School : Exeter, under
M'' Reynolds. Admitted pensioner under M"' Cartwright 25 June 1731.
Age 18.
B.A. 1734. Admitted scholar 8 June 1733.
Podmore, Richard : son of Edward : born in Salop. School : Shrewsbury, under
D'' Phillips. Admitted sizar under M'^ Cartwright 29 June 1731. Age not
given.
B.A. 1734. Admitted scholar 8 June 1733. From about 1739 to the end
of his life he was curate of Condover near Shrewsbury : for the greater part of
the time under Roger Barnston. Rector of Coppenhall near Crewe, Cheshire
17 Dec. 1750—1783, perhaps through his connexion with the Barnstons whose
family house was near Coppenhall. He died on 30 April and was buried at
Condover 5 May 1783. His eldest son Richard (1763) was born there 17 Api-.
1744 — and his wife, Hannah, was buried 12 Nov. 1778 : to whom her husband
wrote indifferent Latin verses in the parish register. He was a humorist :
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" he always entered in the register the name of the father of an illegitimate
child : apparently this had led to difficulties, for after 1757 he leaves a blank
space for the name or fills it up with initials : in one case he has drawn a fox-
in the margin : as Fox is a common name in this neighbourhood, his meaning
is plain " (Rev. T. Auden, vicar of Condover).
BuUivant, Daniel : son of John : born in Leicestershire. School : Oakham,
under M'' Adcock. Admitted pensioner under M'' Philpot 19 Jan. 173?.
Age 18. [The admission comes last in the year Oct. 1730-Oct. 1731: and
would seem to belong more naturally to the year 173i : but the Study-rents
show that he began to reside in Jan. 173?.]
B.A. 173f. Admitted scholar 19 June 1731. Resided till Xmas 1734.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1734 June : licensed to Coston St Andrew, Leics. :
priest 1736 June. Rector of Saxby and Stapleford, Leics. 6 June 1745. Died
1763, aged 52 (Nichols, LeicK. 2. 145, 321, 340).
Procter, John : son of Stephen : born in Yorkshire. School : Giggleswick.
Admitted sizar under M"' Cartwright 27 Oct. 1731. Age 19.
B.A. 173|. Admitted scholar 8 June 1733. Resided till Mich. 1737.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1731^ March : licensed to Astwood, Bucks.
Welchman, John :
M.A. 1738. Son of Will., clerk, of Banbury, Oxon. Matric". at Trinity,
Oxford 5 Apr. 1731, aged 18. B.A. 1734 : incorporated and M.A. (Christ's)
1738. {Al. Ox. 1521.) Ordained deacon, Oxford, 1735 Sept. : priest, Lincoln,
(lit. dim. from Peterborough) 1738 May. Rector of Dodford, Northants.
20 June 1739. Died there 1800.
*Comwallis, Frederick : seventh son of Charles, Baron Cornwallis : born in
London. School : Eton, under D'' George. Admitted pensioner under M'' Law
9 Feb. 173J. Age 19.
B.A. 173| ; b.D. 1748. Kept "in the Master's over the parler." In Dec.
1735 he appears as " M'' Cornwallis." Had a stroke of palsy before he took the
B.A. degree, and wrote ever after with his left hand. Elected Fellow 28 Jan.
173i : by all the eleven Fellows present though he had not been present and
examined: see Joh. Peverell (1731). D' Towers refused to admit him on the
ground that being a peer's son he was not eligible under the statute on the
qualit}^ of Fellows. Cornwallis appealed to the V.C., D'' Richardson, who on
24 April 1738, with D"' Hacket and D'' Conyers Middleton as assessors, required
the Master to admit him — which he did in a form of words concocted for
the occasion, on 25 April. Cole considered that D'' Towers behaved very badly
because Cornwallis was "one of the most amiable men I have ever known "
(see the Master's Book of Statutes, p. 95) : the pleadings are in the " Visitor's
Drawer" in the Treasury. He must have been ordained deacon in 1739 at
latest, for in that year he was Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist, Bunting
and Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward. He became rector of Chelmondiston,
Suff., while still deacon, in 1740. In 1742 Oct. he was ordained priest, Norwich,
and was instituted (Oct. 4) to Tivetshall, Norfolk. He held no office after
Oct. 1740 and seems to have resided irregularly. On 4 Nov. 1743 the Master
declared his Fellowship vacant : and so at last got rid of the peer's son.
Cornwallis had rapid preferment: in 1746 he became Canon of Windsor:
Prebendary of Lincoln 14 Jan. 174i : on 18 Jan. 174-;} the King in Council
nominated him to the Bishopric of Lichfield (consecrated 19 Feb.) : Dean of
St Paul's 1766 : elected Archbishop of Canterbury 23 Aug. 1768, enthroned
6 October. In 1 759 he married Caro ine, daughter of the Hon. Will. Townsend :
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and had a son Will, who was M.P. for Eye {Gent. Mag. 180i, p. 1167): Ri.
Watson {Anecdotes, p. 70) said of him that he " was so wife-ridden, I have no
opinion of his politics." The chief thing recorded of his tenure of office (except
the repression of the liberal schemes of Porteus, Bishop of London) is his
abolition of the custom that the chaplains should dine at a separate table. This
suits the description given of him in Hasted's Canterbury, 2. 513, that "he
was not deeply learned [he published a few sermons between 1751 and 1762] :
had a purity and benevolence of heart which joined to the affability and
courtesy of his manners gained him the respect and love of everyone." He
died 19 Mar. 1783 after a few days' illness and was buried in Lambeth Church :
M.I. (D.N.B.) He gave to the College a handsome gilt cup and cover. In
1754 he gave £100 to the University Library Fund. An engraving of his
portrait by Dance is in the Combination Room.
*Parkinson, Richard : son of John : born at Whittingham, Lanes. School :
Kirkham, under M' Taylor. Admitted sizar under M' Cartwright 2-1: Mar.
173i. Age 17.
B.A. 173|; M.A. 1739. Admitted scholar 8 June 1733. Appointed
Rhetorick Lecturer 12 June 1740, in succession to Rob. Hankinson. "Chosen
Fellow " (Finch and Baines) in place of Edw. Finch who had at last resigned
16 Sept. 1746 : admitted 24 Sept. Tutor at Gunton in the house of Sir Will.
Harbord, before 1752. Elected Lady Marg'. Fellow succeeding Laur. Bailey
17 June 1769. He had a lease of the tithes of Hapton 1 Oct. 1769, succeed-
ing M' Willey. On 16 Apr. 1773 his Fellowship was declared vacant, and he
was succeeded by Tho. Parkinson, probably a kinsman. Probably became
rector of Aldborough, Norfolk 1747 (Bloniefield, 4. 281). He was certainly
rector of Gunton, a neighbouring parish 1774 on the presentation of Sir
Charles Sanders: and there he died 1800 in his 85th year. (Gent. Mag.
p. 699.)
Benison, Thomas : son of John : born at Bolton [Lanes.]. School : Lancaster.
Admitted sizar under M'' Trant 27 May 1732. Age 19.
B.A. 173|. Admitted scholar (Lanes.) 29 June 1734. Probably head-
master of Bentham School (between Settle and Lancaster): there in 1740:
and still there in 1774 when his son, George, was admitted.
Meetkerke (Meetkirke), Robert : son of Adolphus : born at Rushden. School :
Buntingfurd. Admitted pensioner under M'' Trant 30 May 1732. Age 18.
B.A. 173;] ; M.A. 1739. Born 31 May 1714. Admitted scholar (Meet-
kerke) Hei'ts. 29 June 1734. His great grandfather D'' Edw. Meetkerke was
Professor of Hebrew and Canon of Ch. Ch., Oxford, and rector of Easton,
Hants. : a brother, Adolphus, was matric''. at New College, Oxford, 1721, and
lived and died at Rushden. See Berry's Herts. Genealogies, 190. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 1736 Sept.: licensed to Ickleford, Herts.: priest 1738 Sept. He
resided till Dec. 1740. Chaplain to Vise'. Faulkland. Instituted to Ickleford
and Pirton 24 Nov. 1748, which he held till his death : but I think that he
was also headmaster of Darlington School 1750-5 (Carlisle, 1. 400) : though
he sent no boys thence to Christ's. Had dispensation from Lambeth 5 Oct.
1754 to hold the vicarage of Rickmansworth, distant 25 miles from Ickleford:
this seems to have brought him southward again. He died 8 Jan. 1758. On
12 April 1758 an order was made to pay his widow ten guineas : no reason is
given.
Simpson, John : son of William : born at Kimbolton, Hunts. School : Chester-
field. Admitted sizar under M'' Trant 28 June 1732. Age 18.
B.A. 1731^: M.A. 1739. Admitted scholar 22 June 1733. Ordained
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deacon, Lincoln, 1736 June; licensed to Covington, Hunts. : priest 17.37 Sept.
Instituted to vicarage of Upton, Lines. 28 May 1740. He was still in
residence at Mich. 174L
Mason, Richard : son of Richard : born at Gargrave, Lanes. School : Skiptou.
Admitted sizar under M'' Cartwright 17 Apr. 1732. Age not given.
LL.B. 1738. Baptised at Gargrave May 1714. M'' Cartwright's last
pupil : transferred with almost the whole body to M'' Trant at the end of the
i|uarter.
Lightfoot, John : son of Henry : born at Crediton, Devon. School : Exeter.
Admitted pensioner under M"' Trant 27 May 1732. Age not given.
Resided "in the Master's by the Parler " from Mid". 1732-Dec. 1733.
*Withers, William: [no facts given]. Admitted 1 Dec. 1732.
B.A. 173i; ; M.A. 1740. Admitted scholar (Finch and Baines) 29 June
1734 : he was also Hawford and Mildmay exhibitioner. Perhaps a son of
Will. Withers (1692), rector of Thrybergh, Yorks. 1723-49. Elected Fellow
(Yorks.) 12 Sept. 1738, succeeding Will. Staniforth. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
1738 Sept. Priest 1739 June. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist,
Bunting and Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward 1740. Knapwell Preacher
1743. Senior Dean 174.5 : but he attended only one of the numerous meetings
before 21 Apr. 1746, when his Fellowship was declared vacant. He had two
or three pupils. On 1 June 1745 he was appointed to Fen Drayton, when Tho.
Thompson resigned it : but this he resigned before April 1746. He was
vicar of Bodley, Beds, possibly when he left Cambridge and also rector of
Tankersley, Yorks., W.R. 1752-1771 (Hunter, ,S'. Yorks. 2. 304). Died 1771,
aged 56. Mairied Jane, daughter of Samuel Buck of Rotherham. I have
seen letters written from the College by M'' Withers to Miss Buck during
their engagement.
Carr, John : son of Robert : born at Settle, Yoiks. School : Giggles wick, untler
M' [John] Carr. Admitted sizar under M' Trant 1732: no month given.
Age 20.
B.A. 1735; M.A. 1740. Admitted scholar 29 June 1734. He came into
residence Jan. 1735. Resided till Mich. 1741 (at least).
Warren, Langhorn :
M.A. 1739. Son of Robert (1697), D.D. and rector of Charlton. Matric''. at
Brasenose, Oxford 11 Apr. 1728, aged 17. B.A. (Oxford) 1735 : incorporated
and M.A. (Christ's) 1739. {Al. Ox. 1504.) Succeeded his father, who resigned
in 1736, as rector of Charlton. Vicar of Hampstead 1740-62. Vicar of
Dedhani, Essex 21 Dec. 1759-61, when he resigned. Probably rector of West
Bergholt 1752-56. (Morant, 2. 231— but called LL.B.— a degree which is
not found.) Rector of Roding Morell, Essex 17 Dec. 1760-62. Died 26 June
1762, after enjoying an undue share of preferment. [Gent. Mag. 1736, 685. 6 :
1740, 430. 6.)
Franks, William:
M.A. 1739. Son of John of Loughborough, "pleb.": matric''. at Lincoln
College, Oxford 27 xAIar. 1723, aged 17. B.A. (Oxford) 1726. Incorporated
and M.A. (Christ's) 1739. Rector of Great Oxendon near Market Har-
borough for 13 years: died 30 Dec. 1752: so took M.A. at his appointment.
Age given as 41 — which does not suit the figures above {Gent. Mag. 1793, ii.
p. 1197).
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Hutton, Matthew : son of Matthew, armiger : born in London. School : Bun-
tingford. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Rooke 4 Jan. 173|. Age 16.
Probably the Matt. Hutton son of Matthew, late of Newnham, Herts.
who was admitted at Lincoln's Lni 25 Oct. 1732. Resided till Mich. 1736.
Strode, William : son of George : born at Dyttishani, Devon. School : Totnes.
Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Rooke 4 April 1733. Age 22.
His name is down for two quarters, till Mich. 1733 but without any charge :
so it is doubtful whether he ever resided : the College has a silver coffee-pot
either gi\en by him, or purchased out of his " Plate-Caution. " Probably a
member of the family of Strode of Xewnham Park, Devon : but I cannot
trace him. One Lieut.-Gen. William Strode, Colonel of G2nd battalion of
foot, died at Gerrard Street, Soho 1776 {Gent. Mag. p. 47).
Verney, Ralph : second son of [Ralpii] Viscount Fermanagh. [No more facts.]
Admitted fellow-commoner under 5l' Law 20 April 1733. Age not given:
and no payment mentioned. M.A. 1736. Resided first under M' Law, then
under M'' Wigley : he is charged for rooms during eight years till Mids''. 1741 :
but after Dec. 1737 the charge sinks from £\ to 3s. a quarter: and perhaps
meant only chance residence. Admitted at the Middle Temple 16 June 1729.
Son of Ralph, second Viscount Fermanagh and first Earl Verney : whom he suc-
ceeded as second Earl Verney : his elder brother died while he was still at
Cambridge, and he succeeded his father in 1752. M.P. for Wendover 1754 —
the seat for which by his influence Edmund Burke was first returned to
Parliament: for Carmarthen 1761 : for Bucks. 1768, 1775, 1780, and (after a
defeat with ruinous e.xpense in 1784) again in 1790 nine months before his
death. His expenditure on elections was equalled b}' his e,x:penditure on his
house at Claydon where in a simpler but most magnificent style he proposed
to rival the splendour of the Temples' house at Stowe. Burke thought that
his services to the Whig party were insufficiently rewarded, and gives him the
character of an exceptionally "indulgent, humane and moderate landlord,"
and a "protector to all the poor within his reach." But his extravagance
ruined his large fortune : and during the latter years of his life he lived much
at Calais. Soon after his final return to Parliament in 1790, the bailiff's were
in possession of Claydon, and the furniture was seized and sold. His countess
(Mary Herring, to whom he was married for 50 years) died suddenly 20 Jan.
1791 — and two months later, on March 31, he died at his house in Curzou
Street, aged about 78. (D.N.B. : Lipscombe, Bucks. 1. 179.)
Garratt, Francis : son of Thomas : born at Uttoxeter. School : Burtonon-
Trent, under M'' Jackson. Admitted pensioner under M'" Law 3 May 1733.
Age 20.
Admitted scholar (Staffs.) 29 June 1734. Resided till Xmas 1736: then,
apparently migrated to Magdalene, where he was LL.B. 1739. Probably
curate of Navenby 1739-41. Died unmarried. Will proved 1772 (Hunter,
F.M.G. 467).
Alderson, Edmund : son of James : born at Halifax. School : Bradford, under
M' Butler. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' [Tho.] Alderson 7 May
1733, after spending two years at Trinity. Age 19.
LL.B. 1737. Transferred after one term as pupil to M' Trant, under
whom he resided till Mids''. 1737.
Phipps, Samuel : son of John : [no facts given]. Admitted sizar under M'' Trant
9 May 1733. Age 19.
B.A. 173|; M.A. 1761. Admitted scholar (Yorks.) 15 June 1737. Chap-
lain to the Earl of Dundonald. Vicar of Denby near Penistone, Yorks.
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1751. (Hunter, S. Yor/cs. 2. 353.) Vicar of Heme Hill 21 Dec. 1754 (Lam-
beth Begister). Vicar of Silkstone, Yorks. 1757-99. (Hunter, 2. 224.) Had
dispensation from Lambeth 26 May 17G1 to hold also the (contiguous) vicarage
of Penistone. Died 1799, aged 85.
Wakelin, Richard : son of Francis : born at Reach, Cambs. School : Ely, under
M' Gunning. Admitted sizar under M"' Trant 28 May 1733. Age 19.
B.A. 173"; M.A. 1740. Kept "in the Master's in tlie sizar's chamber "
till Lady Day 1738. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, by letters dimissory from
Ely, 1734 March: priest 1738 May; curate of Bluntisham, Hunts. Eector
of Wentworth in the Isle of Ely 1743-98, when he died, aged 85, according
to his tombstone in Wentworth churchyard.
Preston, Christopher : son of Thomas : born at Long Preston, Yorks. Scliool :
Skipton, under M'' Wilkinson. Admitted sizar under M'' Neville 8 June
1733. Age 20.
B.A. 1734; M.A. 1740. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 173" Mar.; licensed
to Doynton [s(c], Bucks. : priest 1738 May ; curate of Harrold, Beds. Rector
of Tingrith, near WobUrn, Beds. 18 May 1742: his name appears in the
parish register in 1741. In 1749 a M'' Tanqueray succeeds: Preston's death
is not recorded : he may have had other preferment. (Letter from Rev.
A. M. Dale.)
Hardy, Edward : son of William : born at Park House, Lanes. School : Kirkby
Lonsdale, under M'' Noble. Admitted sizar under M'' Trant 16 June 1733.
Age IS.
B.A. 173|. Admitted scholar 9 Feb. 1735.
Sewell, Hardwick : son of Thomas : born at Great Henny, Essex. School :
Lavenham, under M"' Smithies. Admitted pensioner under M'' Robinson
3 July 1733. Age 19.
B.A. 173| ; M.A. 1741. Became fellow-commoner Mich. 1735. Resided
till Mich. 1741 (at least). His mother was Eliz., daughter of Ri. Hardwick of
Spalding, Lines, who died Aug. 1715. An elder brother, Thomas, was at
Magdalene, and died 1721. (Morant, 2. 273.) Hardwick Sewell probably
died childless, as the propertj' passed to one Hardwick Sewell Richardson,
a first cousin.
AUix, Charles: son of Petei-, D.D. : [no facts given]. Admitted 31 Aug. 1733.
B.A, 173i; M.A. 1741. Pupil of M-- Trant from Mich. 1733: kept for
some time in " the Starr Chamber ' : afterwards a pupil of M^ Thomas.
Resided till Mich. 1743, at least. Peter Allix, his father, was the son of
Peter, a French refugee; and was Archdeacon oF Gloucester 1724, and Dean
1738-80, when Hugh Thomas succeeded him. Charles AUix of Swaffham,
Cambs. Married Catharine, daughter of Tho. Greene, Bishop of Ely
(Agnew, French Protestant Exiles, 2. 242). Died at Swafifliam at the end of
1794, aged 78. His son Charles Wager (1767) and his grandson, Charles
(1800).
Harrison, George : [father not given] : born at Barbados. Admitted pensioner
under M"' Trant 20 Oct. 1733. Age not given.
M.B. 1740. Resided till Dec. 1739 ; then for one term as M^ Harrison.
Thompson, Richard Nichol : son of Richard, armiger : born at Coley [T\, Bucks.
School: Eton. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Rooke 22 Dec. 1733.
Age 18.
Resided from Jan. 1734 to Lady Day 1735.
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*Chapman, Thomas : son of Thomas : born at Billingham, Durham. School :
Richmond, under M'' Close. Admitted pensioner under M'' Law 17 May
1734. Age 17.
B.A. 173|; M.A. 1741; LL.D. (Magd.) 1748; D.D. (lit. reg.) 1749.
Admitted scholar 29 June 1734. Elected Fellow (succeeding Will. Trant)
9 Dec. 1741. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1741 Dec: priest 1741 March.
Ciistos cistae 1743. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist, Bunting and
Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward 174.5. Presented by John, Earl of
Buckingham 12 July 174.5 to the rectory of Hardmead, Bucks, (which he
resigned in 1750). He signs last in the Order Book 25 Oct. 1746 and early in
Jan. 174y he was appointed Master of Magdalene — though only 31 and there-
fore ineligible by Statute — by the management of D'' Rooke, says Cole, to
whom he also attributes Chapman's " marriage to a fortune " and King's
chaplainship : his Fellowship was declared vacant 6 Feb. 174^ "his }'ear of
grace after having accepted the Mastership having expired the 9th of last
month." Vice-Chancellor 174S-9 : and as such took part together with
D'' Edm. Keene, V.C. 1749-51, in the preparation of the very drastic regula-
tions (passed June 1750) for the revival of discipline in the University, for
which the wits of the day held D'' Rooke of Christ's ("George Crow" or
"D'Rock"), Chapman ("Tom Forward"), Keene ("Mun" and "Acutus")
responsible together with the new Chancellor, Thomas Pelham, Duke of
Newcastle, installed 1 July 1749 ("Tom Standish, a sprightly volative
fellow") : for a list of the sufficiently amusing publications on the subject see
Cooper, Annals, 4. 280, and Wordsworth, Univ. Life, 617-32 : the University is
described as a sick old lady, and the Heads as her sons, of whom Tom and
Mun are specially active in befooling her : D'' Rock is charged with having
given her very injurious pills (the regulations). Like Rooke and Keene
Chapman came in for much hard hitting in these pamphlets, e.g. " Tom
Forward has to a grain the same quantity of truth and honour as his brother.
Sharp [Keene] : but in other respects he differs much from him. Tom is very
pert and positive, and sometimes very rude and boisterous. 'Tis for this
reason, I believe, that the inhabitants of Bridgetown have nicknamed him
Bounce." (See Cole.) Chapman became by the patronage of the Crown
rector of Kirkby-o\er-Blow, Yorks. 8 Dec. 1749. He was collated to the
third stall of Durham 1 2 Dec. 1 750. He might have had higher promotion :
but he died 9 June 1760, aged 43. La 1754 he gave £21 to the Univensity
Library Fund. He was author of An Essay on the Roman Senate, 1750. He
is referred to, but only by an asterisk, two or three times in Gray's woi'ks.
Wilson, Thoraas : [father and place of birth not given]. School : Giggleswick,
under M' Carr. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Trant 1 June 1734.
Age not given.
B.A. 1738; M.A. 1742; D.D. 1764: resided till June 1738 only. He
seems to have been preb^'. of Carlisle, third stall, 20 April 1743. Probably
■ vicar of Torpenhow 1743-73 (Whellau, 256). Dean of Carlisle 23 July 1764.
He died 1778.
Christian, Ewan : eldest son of John : born at Unerigg, Cumberland. School :
-Vppleby, under M'' Yates. Admitted pensioner under M"' Law 12 Oct. 1734.
Age 16.
Born 28 July 1718, grandson of Ewan, first of the family at Unerigg, son
of John Cliristian, lawyer, of Unerigg and of Milntown, Isle of Man, by his
wife Bridget, daughter of Humphrey Senhouse, of Netherhall ; brother of
Humphrey (adm''. St John's 1737) afterwards Fellow of Christ's. Edm. Law
married his sister [?] Mary of Unerigg in 1740. Admitted scholar 9 Feb.
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1735. Kept in the Master's "by the Parlor" till Mids''. 1737, but took no
degree. Admitted at Gray's Inn 26 May 1736 : and called to the Bar
29 June 1742. Buried at Dearham, Cumberland, 16 Aug. 17-52.
Bedford, Arthur:
M.A. 1740. Son of Robert Bedford of St Thomas, Bristol. Matric'. at
Brasenose, Oxford 172^, aged 18 : B.A. (Oxford) 173s : incorporated and M.A.
(Christ's) 1741. (Al.'Ox. 86.) Vicar of Sharnbrook, Beds. Feb. 1739-66.
Married Temperance Alston of Odell, Beds, who died 27 July 1742, aged
25 (Harvey, Hundred of Willey, Beds. 371). Also vicar of Poddington,
Beds. Feb. 1739-66. Died 1 Apr. 1766 and buried at Sliarnbrook {ib. 397).
Author: a sermon preached 9 Oct. 1746 at the General Tiianksgiving for the
suppression of the late unnatural rebellion.
Marlow, Michael :
M.A. 1740. Son of Mich. Marlow, gent., of St Leonards, Midds. Matri-
culated at Brasenose, Oxford 9 April 1728, aged 16: B.A. (Oxford) 1731:
incorporated and M.A. (Christ's) 1741. Vicar of Nazeing, Essex, 1752.
Chaplain of Aske's Hospital, Hoxton. Rector of Lackford, Sufi'. 1761: also
of Freston St Peter, till his death 30 Jan. 1795. (Al. Ox. 913.)
De Grey, Thomas : eldest son of Thomas : born at Merton, Norfolk. School :
Bury, under M' Kynnesman. Admitted fellow-commoner under M' Rooke
25 April 1735. Age 17.
Came into residence Easter 1735: resided till Xmas 1737. Born 1717,
eldest son of Thomas de Grey of Merton, by his wife Eliz. Wyndham of
Felbrigg. Very tall and thin : called "Long Tom." Lived when young with
his father at Bury. After the death of M"- S. Fisher of Bury in 1738
managed the Fisher estates : married in 1746 the heiress, the fifth Eliz.
Fisher who married in succession the owner of Merton : she died 15 Jan.
1750, aged 20. M.P. for Norfolk 1764, and 1768 : the chair in which he was
carried after the election of 1764 (which is said to have cost him £10,000) is
preserved at Merton. Lieut.-Col. of the western battalion of the Norfolk
Militia 1764. Died without issue, and buried at Merton, 28 June 1781.
{Gent. Mag. July 1825.)
Forde, William : son of John : born at Stone Hall, Pembroke. School : St
Petro.x, under M'' Rowe. Admitted pensioner under M' Thomas 22 May
1735. Age 18.
B.A. 1735. Admitted .scholar 9 Feb. 1735.
Steggall, William : son of William : born at Troston, Suffolk. School : Bury,
under M'' Kynnesman. Admitted sizar under M"' Trant 11 June 1735.
Age 20.
B.A. 173|; M.A. 1753. Admitted scholar 9 Feb. 1735. Ordained
deacon, Lincoln, 173^ March : licensed to Ash wood (? Astwood), Bucks. : priest,
Norwich, 1739 Dec. : and instituted to Wyverstone, Suff. 24 Dec. 1739-1794
on the presentation of Sir Tho. Barnardiston. Chaplain to Dowager Countess
Cornwallis : had dispensation 17 Sept. 1764, to hold also the rectory of Little
Oakley, Essex, distant 30 miles. Rector of Hessett St Ethelbert, Suffolk,
1778-86. Rector of Hawsted, Suffolk, 28 March 1786-94, succeeding the
historian Sir John Cullum, patron. Sir Tho. Gery Cullum. Died 1794, aged
78 : buried at Wyverstone.
Carr, William : son of William : born at Langcliff, Yorks. School : Giggleswick,
under M'' Carr. Admitted sizar under M'' Trant 13 Sept. 1735. Age 19.
B.A. 17|§. Admitted scholar 15 June 1737. Resided till Mich. 1741 at
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least. Probably born 1715. Son of Will. Carr and of Alice Dawson of
Langcliff, near Settle. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, ITJJy March ; licensed to
Wanlip, Leics. : possibly the man who became rector of Swineshead, Hunts.,
30 June 1757, and died rector before Feb. 1760. On the other hand, a Will.
Carr was appointed Master of the Grammar School, Slaidburn in Craven 1740 ;
the same probably who was instituted to the vicarage of Great Mitton in Craven,
near Whalley 1761, and held it till his death Aug. 1771. (Morant-Whitaker,
23, and 41.) Probably one of these two was Will. Carr 15. A. (St John's) in
the same year (see Scott, Admissions to St John's, p. 473), and born at Leeds.
The admissions for the year 1736-7 are wanting in tlie Admission Book.
The praelector was M"' Staniforth.
Dawson, George:
Matric"*. sizar 1735 : first appears (as pupil of M"" Trant) in the Residence
book at Xmas 1735 : but admitted scholar (Lanes.) 9 Feb. 1735. B.A. 1739.
Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 17J{y Mar. and licensed to Sandon, Leics. : priest
1743 May. Vicar of Rushden, Herts. 20 Aug. 1750.
Lister, Anthony:
Matriculated pensioner 1 736. His name appears first in the Residence
book (without charge) at Lady Day 1736 ; resided in the following quarter.
B.A. 17f~. Resided till June 1740. He was a Carr Exhibitioner, therefore
from Giggleswick school : possibly an elder brother of Tho. Lister (1744), born
at Giggleswick. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1740 June. Licensed to Astwood,
Bucks. : where Denny Cole (see below) succeeded him in the following
February. Probably vicar of Giggleswick 28 May 1741-56, when he died.
(Morant-Whitaker, 166.)
Cole, Denny:
Matiiculated pensioner 1736. Son of Denny Cole of Sudbury, attorney;
and admitted at Bury School, 1730. Appears as a pupil of M' Makin at the
end of the Mids''. quarter 1736. Admitted scholar (Suffolk) 15 June 1737.
B.A. 17|^; M.A. 1745. Resided till Xmas 1740. Ordained deacon, Lincoln,
174^ Feb. : licensed to Astwood, Bucks. He was rector of Sudbury and
afterwards of Wickham Market. Also rector of Bulwick, Peterborough
4 June 1770. Rector of Stoke Ash, Suffolk 13 Aug. 1789-90, patron, John
Cole, B.A. Died 1790, aged 73.
Farrar, William:
Matriculated sizar 1736. Came into residence, under M'' Wilding at Mich.
1736. Admitted scholar (Lanes.) 15 June 1737. B.A. 17f5}; M.A. 1743.
A subscriber to Sanderson's Algebra, 1740. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1740
June; licensed to Great Munden, Herts.: priest 1741 Sept. still at Munden.
Calvert, Thomas :
Appears as pupil of M'' Trant in the Residence book at Xmas 1735. Ad-
mitted scholar (Yorks.) 15 June 1737. B.A. 17f J}.
De Grey, William :
Second son of Thomas De Grey of Merton : brother of Thomas (1735).
Probably admitted at Christ's in this (missing) year : stated in D.N.B. to
have been educated there. Admitted at the Middle Temple : barrister 1742 :
1736—1737 233
K.C. 1758. M.P. for Newport, Cornwall 1761-70 ; for Cambridge University
1770-1. Attorney General 1766-71. Chief Justice of Common Pleas, 1771-
80, when he was created Baron Walsingham. Died 1781.
Hoar, John :
M.A. 1743. Matriculated at Pemb. Coll., Oxford 2 Mar. 172|, aged 18,
son of John Hoar of West Haddon, Northants., "pleb." B.A. 1731. Incor-
porated and M.A. (Christ's) 1743.
Here the Admission Book begins again.
Dayrell, Brownlow : son of Francis : born in London at Kensington. School :
private, under M'" Coxe. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Neville 1 Dec.
1736. Age 19.
Came into residence Jan. 173*i and resided till June 1740. Elder son of
Francis Da}'rell (1704) of Castle Camps, by his wife Eliz. Witchcombe of
Braxted Lodge, Essex, who was co-heiress of Sir Brownlow Sherard of Lopthorp,
Lines. : brother of Marmaduke (1740). Admitted at Lincoln's Inn 2 June
1738. A Bencher of the Inn. Died 1773 : buried at Shudy Camp.s.
Waite, Richard : son of Joseph : born at Bolton, Yorks. School : Bolton, under
]\r Carr [James (171i)]. Admitted sizar under M'' Neville 1 Jan. 173i.
Age 18.
B.A. 174^. Admitted scholar 27 June 1738. Kept at the Master's in
the attic, over the parlour. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 1741 May : licensed to
Astwood, Bucks, (succeeding Denny Cole). Vicar of Kirkby Malham in Craven
1747-75, when he died.
*Willey, John : son of Robert : born at Royston, Cambs. School : Oakham, under
M' Adcock. Admitted sizar under M'' Wilding 2.5 Jan. 173S. Born 19 July
1721.
B.A. 174^ ; M.A. 1744. Admitted scholar 15 June 1737. Elected Fellow
(succeeding M"' Harwell) 14 Mar. 174^. Ordained priest, Lincoln, 1745 Sept.
Custoti cisiae 1742. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist, Bunting and
Walkhampton Preacher, and Steward 1744. Knapwell Preacher 1745. Senior
Dean 1747, 1751, 1757, 1759. Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay Preacher
1750. Hebrew Lecturer 1754-6. He acted as curate of Boxworth, Cambs.
1 756-8. Senior Proctor 1 758-9. Scrutator 1 760-1. Presented to Fen Drayton
28 July 1749, succeeding M' Hankinson. Had a lease of the tithes of Hapten
(same succession) 20 July 1751 — but remained in residence. Took two or
three pupils in 1747, and 1748. Presented to Kegworth (in place of Jonathan
Wigley who had been presented, but died during his year of grace) 5 Sept.
1761. Fellowship declared vacant 28 Oct. 1762. Died 19 Sept. 1789, aged 68
(Nichols, Leics. 3. 858).
Windham, James : [father not given] : born at Great Braxted, Essex. School :
Eton. Admitted pensioner under M"' Law 25 Jan. 173S. Born 5 Nov. 1717.
LL.B. 1743. Admitted scholar 15 June 1737. Transferred to M'' Wigley,
when i\I'' Law ceased to reside. Ordained deacon, Norwich, as " student in
civil law" 1742 Sept. : priest, Dec: licensed to Earsham. Presented by
T. de Grey to Washbrook, Suff. : instituted 4 Jan. 174|.
*Dix, Charles : son of Charles : born at Norwich. School : Norwicli, under
M"^ Reddington. Admitted sizar under M' Neville 31 Mar. 1737. Age 16.
B.A. 174^; M.A. 1744. Admitted scholar 15 June 1737. Elected Fellow,
in place of M"' Neville 16 Mar. 174i. There is a College Order that on 15 Mar.
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1744 "at a meeting of the Master and Fellows for the examination of the
noniinati for the now vacant Fellowship, viz. D" Dix, D'* Meachem, D'* Murhall,
D^ French, and, none of them appearing, it was alledg'd on behalf of D'* Dix
that he went out of College by advice of his Physician D'' Mott for the
recovery of bis health, and a certificate was produced under the hand of his
Physician at Norwich, D' Bennet, ' that his present Illness and the Coldness
of the AVeather made it quite unsafe for him to undertake a Journey to
Cambridge.' " The weather improved, for he was admitted 22 April. Ordained
deacon, Norwich, 19 Feb. 174| (by the Bishop of London at St Paul's).
Castas cistae 1744. Praelector, Junior Dean and Cateehist, Bunting, Walk-
hampton and Knapwell Preacher, and Steward 1746. In 1750 the rectory
of Gateley was vacant by the resignation of M'' Thomas : none of the senior
Fellows, Jon. Wigley, Hankinson, or Willey, would take it at the sacrifice
of their Fellowship : and though they as senior preachers were statutably
entitled to hold Gateley with their Fellowship, the Society would not elect
anyone on those terms. On Dec. 24, an order was made to present Dix,
signed by the Master and 1 2 Fellows : at the side of their signatures there is
written by the Master: "Mem: M'' Dix was agreed to be presented though
not the Senior on his promising to quitt his Fellowship at the expiration of a
year of Grace." He actually resigned 5 April 1752. He held Gateley for
50 years : and in 1796 he was presented bj' the College on the resignation of
Tho. Brand, to the adjoining vicarage of Brisley : the two have ever since
been held together. He died 1 May 1801 at Bath, aged 80. He left the
College XlOO, brought to account Lady Day 1804 as paid to M'' Walter, then
rector. M.I. on north wall of Brisley chancel. His widow, "a lady of
exemplary piety and charity" died at Bath 1805.
*Meachem, Samuel : son of Robert : born in Essex. Scliool : Maldon, under
M'' Hay. Admitted sizar under M'' Makin 4 June 1737. Born 10 Sept. 1718.
B.A. 174f ; M.A. 1744. Admitted scholar 15 June 1737. Elected Fellow,
nn the death of M'' Makin 10 Jan. 174|. He held no College office and
13 July 1745 his resignation by letter was announced. He liad been presented
by the Governors of St Bartholomew's Hospital to the rectory of Little
Wakering, Essex: instituted 26 July 1744. He died before April 1748.
(Morant, 1. 308.)
*Swainson, Thomas : son of Laurence ; born in Yorkshire. School : Skipton,
under M' Wilkinson. Admitted sizar under M'' Neville 13 June 1737. Age 17.
B.A. 174^; M.A. 1744. Admitted scholar 10 Dec. 1740, having previously
held a Petyt Exhibition. Elected Fellow (in place of M"' Withers) 25 Apr.
1746. Gustos cistae 1749. Praelector, Junior Dean and Cateehist, Bunting,
Walkhampton and Knapwell Preacher, and Steward 1750. Senior Dean 1755.
Presented to Bourn, in place of M'' Bunchley 2 April 1754. But in Dec.
1755 he died at Otlej', Yorks. and M' Tho. Wray was appointed to succeed
him both as Senior Dean and as vicar of Bourn. His will was proved at
York May 1756.
*Jones, Bearing : [father not given] : born at Ely. Educated by his father.
Admitted pensioner under M'' Neville. Age 17.
B.A. 174^ ; M.A. 1744. Finch and Baines scholar 27 June 1738 : described
as of Middle.sex [was he born at Ealing (Eliensis) ?]. Kept in the Master's
over the parlour. Ordained deacon, Ely, 1743 Sept. Elected Fellow 29 Nov.
1743 in place of M'' Cornwallis (when some " person " who had been nominated
6 Nov. had been declared by tlie Visitor to be statutably disqualified : no
other candidate was brought forward at a meeting on 25 Nov.). Custos cistae
1737 235
1745. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catecliist, Bunting, Walkhampton and
Knapwell Preacher, and Steward 1747. Senior Dean, Senior Gi'eek Lecturer
and Mildraay Preacher 1752. Presented to Navenby 12 June 1753, on the
death, after 50 years' tenure, of Sir Simon Every : and lield it for the same
length of time. Fellowship declared vacant on the ground of marriage 29 Dec.
1753. Died 12 Nov. 1803, and buried in the chancel of Navenby church.
According to Gent. Mag. 1803, p. 1098 he was also at his death vicar of St
Andrew, Cambridge. His son, Dearing, admitted 1777.
*Murhall, Thomas : son of William : born at» Bucknall, Staffs. School :
Dilhorn, under M'' Slade. Admitted pensioner under M'' Law 29 Oct. 1737.
Age 18.
B.A. 174§; M.A. 1746. Ordained priest, Norwich (by lit. dim. from Ely)
174i Mar. Elected Fellow, in place of M'' Meachem 17 July 1745 : admitted
24 Sept. Chistos cistae 1747. Praelector, Junior Dean and Catechist, Bunting,
Walkhampton and Knapwell Preacher, and Steward 1748. Senior Dean 1753,
1761. Senior Greek Lecturer and Mildmay Preacher 1754-6. Hebrew Lecturer
1756—8. Steward 1762. Senior Proctor 1764-5. Scrutator 176.5—6. Curate
of Fen Drayton (succeeding M'' Willey) 20 July 1751 : signs the register 1754-6.
Presented to Caldecot (succeeding Jon. Wigley) 18 May 1761. Presented to
Clipstone 19 Nov. 1771 and instituted 6 Jan. 1772. But before the year of
grace expired Moulton fell vacant by the death of M'' Gee — for the first time
since the purchase of the advowson in 1736 : and on 26 June 1772 he was
presented to it. Also vicar of Lakenheath 1 Jan. 1780—84. Died before
6 July 1784 when Edw. Wilson was presented. Murhall was instituted to
Moulton by the Archbishop 6 July 1772 it being "in the peculiar and imme-
diate jurisdiction of the Cathedral of Canterbury." Cole has a note that
Murhall's " presentation to a better living after having served the Churcli
living at Caldecot has occasioned some disputes between the Master and
Fellows." The dispute (see my History of Christ's, p. 256) was on the old
question whether a Fellow should be presented (as he legally might under
certain circumstances) to a living without vacating his Fellowship. See
under Joshua Wigley (p. 245) who desired both. Murhall was content with
Moulton.
It is remarkable that out of a year of only eight men, five should be elected
to Fellowships : viz. Willey, Dix, Meachem, Swainson and Murhall.
*Christian, Humphry :
Born at Unerigg, Cumberland, 4 Oct. 1720: son of John and Bridget
Christian: brother of Ewan Christian (1734). School: Appleby, under
M-- Yates. Admitted at St John's 29 Oct. 1737. B.A. (St John's) 174i; M.A.
1745. Elected Fellow of Christ's (succeeding D'' Rooke, the Master) 10 Apr.
1745. Ordained priest, Norwich, 1745 June. Gustos cistae 1746. Resigned
his Fellowship (for what reason does not appear) 8 Dec. 1746. Married at
Tivetshall in 1748 Eliz., daughter of Joh. Brett of Scarning. Rector of
Burnham Deepdale 1749-66, also rector of Palgrave, SufiTolk, 12 June 1755-57 :
and rector of Knapton (Norfolk) 4 Aug. 1759. Vicar of Docking 28 Jan. 1766 :
he held both Knapton and Docking till his death 31 July 1773. His sister,
Mary, married Edm. Law, Fellow of Christ's. Had four children born at
Botesdale : Edward, the eldest son, took the name of Hare on succeeding to
the Docking Hall estate under the will of M" Henley, daughter of Hugh Cha.
Hare : a daughter Mary married the Rev. Ja. Ste. Lushington. Portraits of
Humphry and Eliz. Christian (both buried at Docking) in Docking Hall.
(Information from Miss C. C. Hare, great-granddaugliter.)
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Tayler, Joseph :
Pupil of M' Trant. Came into residence Mids. 1737 : resided under
M'- Trant (then under M'' Thomas) till Mids. 1743. Matriculated fellow-
commoner 1738 Dec. M.B. 1743; M.D. 1748. Subscribed (1740) to Sander-
son's Algebra. Probably father of Jos. Tayler, adm. 178-5, who was born at
Lynn and educated at Bury.
French, George : [father and birthplace not given] : of Norfolk. School : Bury,
under M'' Kin[ne]snian. Admitted sizar under M"' Makin 4 Jan. 173^. Age
not given.
B.A. 174|; M.A. l'J'45. Second son of John French (adm. 170f) rector
of Great Saxham. Allowed an exhib". from Bury, 1739 June. Admitted
scholar 27 June 1738. Ordained deacon, Norwich, 1742 June: licensed to
Rougham. Curate of Gedding near Bury St Edmunds from 1743 to 1758.
Died 1762 (S.H.A.H.). Brother of Robert (174|).
Morewood, John : son of Rowland : born at Alfreton, Derbs. School : Chester-
field, under M' Burrow. Admitted fellow-commoner under M"' Wigley 20 Jan.
173|. Age 19.
Rowland Morewood, Sheriff of Derbs. 1707, was son of John (1660) by
his wife Eliz. Wigley of Mansfield and grandson of Rowland (162~). John
Morewood came into residence January 173i, and resided one year. He died
unmarried 1758 and was buried at Alfreton (Hunter, F.M.G. 1066).
Shilleto, John : son of John : of Yorkshire. School : Beverley, under M'' Clarke.
Admitted sizar under M' Thomas 5 April 1738. Age not given.
Came into residence Easter 1738 and resided till Xmas : migrated to
Trinity, where he was admitted (as Joh. Shilitto) 19 Jan. 173| : B.A. (there)
174i; M.A. 1752. Vicar of Headon, Notts. 11 Aug. 1744: rector of the
same 22 May 1760 : presented in both cases by Lady Judith Wasteneys.
Arthur, Charles: of Yorks. : [no further facts given by the praelector, Ri. Wilding].
Admitted sizar under M'' Trant 8 April 1738. Age not given.
He was son of Cha. Arthur, vicar of Wadsworth near Doncaster, one of
the original members of the Doncaster Society 1714, by his wife Grace Pollard
of Crigglestone : baptised at Wadsworth 5 Deo. 1719. Admitted scholar
14 Mar. 1740. Buried at Great St Andrew's 4 Apr. 1741.
Brown, James : [father not given] : born at Stainforth, Yorks. School : Giggles-
wick, under M'' Carr. Admitted sizar under Mess'^ Thomas and Makin
22 Apr. 1738. Age not given. [This is the first partnership of tutors I have
met with. In the Residence book the pupils appear under one only — doubtless
the sponsor to the College — in this case M'' Thomas.]
B.A. (Browne) 174^ ; M.A. 1754 ; Carr Exhibitioner 1738. One Ja. Brown
was vicar of Blackwell, Derbs. : patron, the Crown 1771-4, when he died.
Hardy, William : son of " the Rev. M'' Hardy " : born at Merfield [Mirfield], Yorks.
School : Kirkby Lonsdale, under M' Noble. Admitted sizar under Mess"
Thomas (sponsor) and Makin 26 May 1738. Age not given.
B.A. 174^; M.A. 1745. Ordained deacon, Lincoln, 174^ March; licensed
to Astwood, Bucks, (fourth in succession, coming after Ri. Waite). Probably
rector of Eastwell, Kent (patron, the Earl of Winchelsea) 16 July 1745.
Rector of Middleton-Keynes, Bucks. 18 Apr. 1752, on the presentation of
Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, but died before he took possession (Lipscombe,
4. 247).
1738—1739 237
White, Thomas: son of Thomas: born at Tattingstone, Suffolk. School: Hackney,
under M'' Newcome. Admitted fellow-commoner under M'' Liiw 31 May 173S.
Age not given.
Resided under M'' Law, then under M'' Wigley, till Xnias 1742. Admitted
at the Middle Temple 29 Apr. 17-tl.
Hall, William : [father not given] : born at Kirkham, Lanes. School : Kirkham,
under JNI' Taylor. Admitted sizar under Mess'* Thomas (sponsor) and Makin
23 June 1738. Age not given.
Came into residence Mids. 1738 : resided till Mids. 1740. Admitted
scholar 30 June 1739. Died before June 1741 (Fishwick, Hist, of Kirkham,
153).
Wanley, George : son uf William, armiger : [no more facts]. Admitted pensioner
under Mess'" Thomas and Makin 29 June 1738. Age not given.
Possibly a younger brother of Fra. Wanley, 172|^ (who was a Fellow till
1738) : does not appear in the Study-rents, and probably never resided.
Marshall, John : son of William, armiger : born at Theddlethorpe, Lines. School :
not given. Admitted pensioner under Mess'" Thomas (sponsor) and Makin
3 July 1738. Age 17.
Second son of Will. Marshall of East Theddlethorpe, by his wife Frances
Willerton of Alford. His age must be given wrongly, as he was baptised
2 July 1719 (Lines, pedii/rees, 650). Died at Cambridge and buried at Great
St Andrew's 29 Dec. 1739.
Marshall, William. : son of William ; born at Theddlethorpe. School : not given.
Admitted pensioner under Mess'" Thomas (sponsor) and Makin 3 July 1738.
Age 16.
Third son of Will. Marshall of East Theddlethorpe: brother of John, above:
age perhaps wrongly given, as he was baptised 20 May 1723. Resided till
Mich. 1745, but took no degree. Sheriff of Lines. 1755. Married at Louth
18 Aug. 1757 Grace, daughter of Rob. Cracroft of Hackthorne, by whom he
had four sons and one daughtei-. Died at Theddlethorpe 3 Oct. 1770, aged 47,
and buried there [Lines, pediyrees, 650).
Green, Christopher: son of Christopher, M.D. : born in Cambridge. School:
Ely, under M' Gunning. Admitted pensioner under M'' Traut 6 July 1738.
Age not given.
B.A. 174|; M.A. 1745. Admitted scholar 30 June 1739. His father
was, I presume, Chris. Green, M.D. of Emmanuel 1717 : and his grandfather
Chris., M.D. of Caius, Regius Professor of Physic 1700-41. Said to iiave
been twice married but childless [yet one Chris, son of Chris, born in Cam-
bridge was admitted 1766]: and to have died 1773 or 1774. In Nichols
Anecdotes, 1. 694 it is said that he left £700 or £800 to M' Chapman of
Cambridge it having been agreed between them that the survivor should
succeed to his friend's money.
Hotblack, Anthony : of Westmoreland : [no other facts gixen]. Admitted sizar
under M' Wigley 20 Oct. 1738. Age not given.
He resided one year till June 1739 : his Siudy-rent is surprisingly high for
a sizar. In 1739 Dec. he was ordained deacon, Lincoln, and licensed to
Hitchin : priest 1740 Nov. as curate of Holwell and Hitchin.
Mostyn, Roger : son of Roger, baronet : born at Mostyn, Flint. School : West-
minster, under D'' Nichol. Admitted pensioner under Mess'* Thomas (sponsor)
and Makin 28 Apr. 1739. Age 19.
B.A. 174j; M.A. 1745 (with the note in the Cat. Grad. " Dominae Essexiae
238 CHRIST'S COLLEGE
Mostyn lilius "). Sixth son of Sir Roger Mostyn, and of Essex, daughter of
Dan., Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham. Admitted scholar (? Finch and
Baines — the record is defective) 30 June 1739. Ordained deacon, Norwich,
1745 Dec: priest 174| Feb.: title " his own estate": testimonial from
St John's of which he was admitted a fellow-commoner 12 Feb. 1744, and
from Cornwallis, Thomas, Hankinson and D. Jones of Christ's. Rector of
Eastling, Kent 174|, patron, Daniel, Earl of Winchelsea. Rector of Christleton,
Chesh. 1752-75. Prebendary of Chester 23 June 1760-75. Canon of Windsor
23 Sept. 1774-5. Died 11 Apr. 1775.
Brome, James : son of James ; Ijorn at Sudbury, Suffolk. School : Laveuham,
under M' Smythies. Admitted sizar under Mess"' Thomas (sponsor) and
Makiu 19 June 1739. Age 19.
B.A. 1744 (Mids.). Came into residence Mids. 1739, but matric*. Dec.
1741. Admitted scholar 30 June 1739. Son of James (1697) rector of Great
Henney and Great Pebmarsh, near Sudbury-: